VARIETY OF FLEAS. 



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Latreille celebrates the strength and courage of another 

 Samsonian flea, which drew a silver mounted cannon, and 

 stood fire, unmoved, when the piece of loaded artillery was 

 let off. 



Of fleas there are reckoned at least a dozen species, though 

 some, perhaps, distinguishable only to the eye of an entomo- 

 logist. Those which infest birds and beasts, and those which 

 honour us with their peculiar preference, are each distinct 

 kinds, and are probably therefore endowed with tastes too 

 discriminating to abide long in, even if they emigrate to 

 foreign quarters. Comfort herein for the delicately apprehen- 

 sive, who, having no dogs of their own, are apt to feel fidgety 

 and irritable in company of those which belong to their 

 neighbours. 



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