The Moccasin-Flower 



him peaceably to fulfil. Taking him by the wings, 

 I pushed him into the fissure by which he is natur- 

 ally supposed to enter without persuasion. He 

 was soon within the sac, and the inflexed wings of 



FIG. 3. 



the margin had closed above him, as shown in sec- 

 tion, Fig. 2. He is now enclosed in a luminous 

 prison, and his buzzing protests are audible and his 

 vehemence visible from the outside of the sac. Let 

 us suppose that he at length has become reconciled 



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