The Bull Onthophagus: the Cell 



Sisyphus; and this dwarf, unacquainted with 

 a partnership that would increase her powers 

 twofold, fulfils a task which is almost 

 equivalent to that of the' Beetles who roll 

 their pills in double harness. 



Then how are talents and Industries 

 distributed? If we go on accumulating fact 

 upon fact, observation upon observation, 

 shall we ever come to know? I venture to 

 doubt it. 



I have friends who sometimes say to me: 



" Now that you have collected such a mass 

 of details, you ought to follow up analysis 

 with synthesis and promulgate a comprehen- 

 sive theory of the origin of instincts." 



There's a rash proposal for you ! Be- 

 cause I have turned over a few grains of 

 sand on the sea-shore, am I qualified to talk 

 about the ocean depths? Life has its un- 

 fathomable secrets. Human knowledge will 

 be struck off the world's records before we 

 know all that is to be said about a Gnat. 



Equally obscure is the question of nest- 

 building. By a nest we understand any 

 residence constructed purposely to receive 

 the eggs and to protect the development of 

 the young. The Bees and Wasps excel In 

 the art. They know how to make cabins out 

 of cotton-stuffs, wax, leaves or resin; they 



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