INSECT INTRUDERS. 





the bosom of the fair female, produces 

 that loud and often discordant whirring 

 sound which in the minds of many Anglo- 

 Indians is probably pleasingly associated 

 with and reminiscent of the ' Hills.' It 

 is all very well for those safely ensconced 

 on the hill tops to anathematise the noisy 

 wooing of this strange creature. But 

 how many of us sweltering down in the 

 scorching plains station have sighed for 

 and longed to hear again that familiar 

 whirr, precursor in our minds to the 

 glorious coolness that is approaching 

 with our climb up the ' Hill. ' 



I would not here be understood to say 

 that the cicada is solely a hill insect. 

 Every hot-weather shikari knows better ! 

 In the hot Terai forests at the foot of 

 the hills he is, or some species of him 

 are, at home and singing through the 

 long hot weather and rains. Other 

 brilliant green brothers are to be found 

 at the same period in that Paradise 

 of the Sportsman, the great Goalpara 



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