THE SWAR.W 



rity, aiding themselves with their manv- 

 faceted eyes, or with their antenna per- 

 haps, the seat, it would seem, of an 

 unknown sense that fathoms and 

 measures the darkness. 



They are not without prescience, there- 

 fore, of what is to befall them on this 

 the most dangerous da\- of all their ex- 

 istence. Absorbed by the cares, the pro- 

 digious perils of this mighty adventure, 

 they will have no timie now to visit the 

 gardens and meadov.-s ; and to-morrow, 

 and after to-morrov.\ it may happen that 

 rain may fall, or there mia\- be wind; 

 that their v.ings may be frozen or the 

 flowers refuse to open. Famine and death 



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