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DAN BEARD'S ANIMAL BOOK 



INSECTS DISABLE A RIVER STEAMER 



Recently the steamboat " Liberty," running between 

 Piasa, Chautauqua, and Alton, encountered near St. 

 Louis a swarm of those ephemeral insects with lace-like 

 wings, soft, long bodies, variously known as day fly, 



A Spill of Hornets 



May fly, or shad fly. The insects settled in clouds on the 

 boat, got mixed up with the machinery until it ceased to 

 work and set the mate, pilot, and engineer off in search 

 of new adjectives to express their feelings. 



There was no sign of any unusual congregation of in- 

 sects on the journey up the river, and the sudden attack 



