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He knows the hint, nor at the treatment grieves, 

 But hugs th' advantage, and the pain forgives ; 

 His closing shells the Pinna sudden joins, 

 And 'twixt the pressing sides the prey confines. 

 Thus, fed by mutual aid, the friendly pair 

 Divide their gains, and all the plunder share. 



REMARKABLE INSTANCE OF RETALIATION [N 

 BEES. 



It is considered very cruel in Africa to kill 

 bees in order to obtain their honey, especially as 

 from flowers being there at all seasons, and 

 most in winter, they can live comfortably all the 

 year round. A Hottentot who was accustomed 

 to kill bees, was often reasoned with by the hu- 

 mane to give up so cruel a practice ; yet he per- 

 sisted in it till a circumstance occurred which 

 determined him to relinquish it. He had a 

 water-mill for grinding his corn, which went 

 very slowly, from the smallness of the stream 

 which turned it, consequently the flour dropped 

 very gently. For some time much less than 

 usual came into the sack, the cause of which 

 he could not discover. At length he found, 

 that great part of his flour, as it was ground, 

 was carried off bv the bees to their hive : on 



