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hard and polished on the outside that the rain 

 rolls off from it, as if it were glass. A little hole 

 in the lower end is left for the animal to pass 

 in and out ; and in this picture of it, which I 



Nest of the Card-maker Wasp, with part removed to show the 

 arrangement of the Cells. 



have, a piece is left out of the side to show 

 how the cells within are fixed." 



" Well, then, Uncle Philip, we were right in 

 thinking that wasps were the first paper- 



