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beautiful spots all, remember, formed of nothing but a 

 countless host of " feathers," so small as to measure only 

 the 1,250,000th of an inch in thickness which give to 

 it the name of " peacock." The underside of the wings 

 is very dark, and, when they are closed over the back, the 

 fly looks more like a flat piece of brown paper than an 



Peacock butterfly. 



insect ; but when this " child of the sun " is feeding with 

 its glorious wings unfolded, what blessed thoughts does 

 it suggest as it reminds us of Kogers* beautiful lines 



