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fowler. But when we come to examine it, we find that 

 it is only the exuberance of production ; for nature is 

 every where true to her economy, and the consumption 

 of life is the means of life as much on the margin of 

 a peaceful brook as in the haunts of the most formidable 

 destroyers. Still all is redolent of life, and it is of 

 little consequence whether you turn your attention to 

 the air, the earth, or the sky. Of the earth, one of 

 the most singular inhabitants that you meet with in such 

 places is 



THE MOLE CRICKET. 



THE MOLE CRICKET (gryllus gryllotalpd) is one of 

 the most singular insects which Britain produces. We 

 have one upon our table at this moment, (Nov. 2,) 

 that was brought us in the morning enclosed in a mass 

 of moist sandy clay, which, when we divided it, was 



