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where they are densest; so he bends them down 

 awkwardly (hauling them in with his arms, as it 

 were), one after another, thrusting his beak into the 

 tube of each. It takes him but a moment to dispatch 

 one. It is a singular sight, a humblebee clambering 

 over a bed of these delicate flowers. 



Journal, xiii, 278. 



