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Language of Animals [FOURTH WEEK 



delicate that we cannot distinguish it, attracting a male 

 of the same species from a distance of a mile or more. 

 Entomologists sometimes confine a live female moth or 

 other insect in a small wire cage and hang it outdoors in the 

 evening, and in a short tune reap a harvest of gay-winged 

 suitors which often come in scores, instinctively following 

 up the trail of the delicate, diffused odour. It is surely 

 true that the greatest wonders are not always associated 

 with mere bulk. 



