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piteous meanings of a sick child could be confounded by the 

 anxious mother with its joyous crowings when overllowing 

 with health and happiness. We shall give in this connection, 

 a description of an interesting experiment. 



102. ■ A populous stock was removed, in the morning, to 

 a new place, and an empty hive put upon its stand. Thou- 



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(Magnifled. After Barb5.) 



sands of workers which were ranging the fields, or which left 

 the old hive after its removal, returned to the familiar spot. 

 It was truly affecting to witness their grief and despair ; they 

 flew in restless circles about the place where once stood their 

 happy home, entering the empty hive continually, and express- 

 ing in various ways, their lamentations over so cruel a be- 

 reavement. Towards evening, ceasing to take wing, they 

 roamed in restless platoons, in and out of Che hive, and over 

 its surface, as if in search of some lost treasure. A small 



