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STRANGE DWELLINGS. 



ominous menace in their hmii, which speaks volumes to those 

 who have some acquaintance with the language of insects ; and 

 no one who has once been chased by these insects will willingly 

 run the same risk again. 



Mr. S. Stone, whose interesting letter upon the wasp has 

 already been mentioned, tells me that he has been successful in 

 breeding Hornets as well as wasps, and forcing them to build 

 nests much more beautiful than they would have made if they 

 had been at liberty. 



