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upon the warm, nervous condition of the individual ? The 

 man is more ready to strike and jerk, the horse to stamp and 

 switch. The switching of the horse's tail, like the whisker 

 trap of a full beard, will anger even a good-natured bee. I 

 should dread the motions more than the sweat, though it may 

 be true that there is a peculiarity in the odor from either the 

 sensible or insensible perspiration of some persons, that an- 

 gers the bees and provokes the use of their terrible weapons. 



