THE CRICKET. 



PJace of residence Chilly nature. 



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CHAP. VI. 



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" Around in sympathetic mirth 



Its tricks the kitten tries, 

 The cricket chirrups in the hearth, 



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THE CRICKET. 



THE house-cricket, the voice of which is so 

 well known behind a country-fire in a winter's 

 evening, resembles the grasshopper in its shape, 

 it manner of rumioating, its voice> its leaping^ 

 &c. It differs, however, in its colour, which is 

 uniformly of a rusty brown; in its food, which 

 is more various, and in its place of residence^ 

 which is most usually in the warmest chinks be- 

 hind a country hearth. The smallest chink 

 serves to give them shelter; and where they 

 once make their abode they are sure to propa- 

 gate. They are of a most chilly nature> seldom 

 leaving the fire- side; and, if undisturbed, are 

 seen to hop from their retreats to chirp at the 

 blaze in the chimney. The wood-cricket is the 



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