102 MARCHING CORPS. 



his companions a strip of woven carpet. This silken clue 

 serving as a guide, the caterpillar-ramblers, however far and 

 wide their predatory travels, have no difficulty in returning to 

 their home, to whose shelter they are always driven by heavy 



rail* or scorching sun. Both the hammocks and habits of 

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these social "" Brown-Tails " nearly resemble those of the 



*" f 'i>kck; scattety and. white caterpillars of the "Gold Tails," also 

 common on the oak. It is observed by Eeaumur (speaking 

 of these treaders upon silk), " Nous pavons nos grands che- 

 mins ; elles tapissent les leurs." 



With the above and other social caterpillars (as is usually 

 the case with associations amongst mankind), the sole bond 

 of union would seem to consist in mutual weakness and mu- 

 tual protection ; for when they have attained to a certain size, 

 and arrived at that season of the year when injuries from 

 weather are no longer to be dreaded, they disperse each upon 

 its individual range, while the winter home of their infancy is 

 abandoned to the spider, the ear-wig, or whatsoever stranger 

 may choose to take possession. Having thus rambled singly, 

 and ate their fill in solitude throughout the sunny month of 

 June, July sees the termination of their caterpillar life. 



Where now is our corps of seeming soldiers? the body 

 which we saw progressing in regular " rank and file " across one 

 of the smooth green areas of our city. Most of the social cater- 

 pillars, whilst occupying a common abode, are accustomed to 



