304 (ESTRID.'E — BOT-FLIES. 



of this insect, tell us that in the caverns, near the Castle 

 of Golubaes, the renowned champion, St. George, killed 

 the dragon, and that its decomposed remains have con- 

 tinued to generate these insects down to the present day. 

 So firmly did they believe this, that they closed up the 

 mouths of the caverns with stone walls.^ 



1 Saturday Mag., xviii. 153. 



