IN CAMP. 



Sriikaring friends have often question- 

 ed me on the subject of a curious insect 

 or animal of sorts, they have rarely been 

 quite certain where it came in the Zoo- 

 logical kingdom or even if it belonged 

 there at all, which has the appear- 

 ance of a mass of cotton wool on 

 twigs and leaves of low jungle scrub ; 

 for it is generally found in such 

 places. One does not expect to find 

 masses of white cotton wool in 

 jungles remote from the vicinity of > 

 the abodes of men and it is this 

 anomaly which usually attracts 

 attention to this insect for insect 

 it is. 



Many have found 

 that if the wool is 

 disturbed it hops or 

 jumps and the sight 

 may be witnessed of the cot- 

 tony mass rapidly separating 

 in a series of leaps in all 

 directions ! 



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