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case, the inmates are sure to be in arms against the insect, 
and with good reason. The Hornet is much larger than 
the wasp, and its sting is proportionately venomous. It 
is popularly said that three Hornets can kill a man; 
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and although in such a case the sufferer must previously 
have been in bad health, the poisonous properties of the 
Hornet are sufficiently virulent to render such a saying 
popular. 
