OP INSECTS IN GENERAL. 105 



Derivation of their name. 



strength, or their illimitable propensity to labor. 

 Their araazinsr love to their vounsr is still more 



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unparalleled among the larger classes ; they not 

 only daily carry them to such places as may 

 afford them food, but if by accident they are 

 killed, and even cut into pieces, they will, with 

 the utmost tenderness, carry them away piece- 

 meal in their arms. Who can shew such an 

 example among the larger animals, who are dig- 

 nified with the title of perfect? Who can find 

 an instance in any other creature that can come 

 in competition with this ? 



Insects have received their name from the in- 

 dividuals of which this division of the animal 

 world is composed having a separation in the 

 middle of their bodies, by which they are cut 

 into two parts. These parts are in general con- 

 nected by a slender ligament or hollow thread. 

 These creatures breathe through pores arranged 

 along their sides, and have a head or bony skin, 

 and many feet. The greater part of them are 

 furnished with wings. They are destitute of 

 brain, nostrils, ears, and eyelids. Not only the 

 liver, but all the secretory glands, are in them 

 replaced by long vessels that float in the abdo- 

 men. The mouth is in general situated under 

 the head, and is furnished with transverse jaws, 

 with lips, a kind of teeth, a tongue, and palate; 

 it has also, in most instances, four or six palpi, 

 or feelers. Insects have also movable antennae, 

 proceeding generally from the front part of th,e 



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