The Vine-Weevil 
a point on the stalk, which checks the flow 
of the sap and makes the edges of the faded 
leaf pliable. The rolling begins at the angle 
of one of the lower lobes, with the smooth, 
green upper surface inside and the downy, 
strongly-veined lower surface outside. 
But the great size of the leaf and its 
deeply indented outline hardly ever allow of 
regular work from one end of the leaf to 
the other. Over and over again, sudden 
folds occur and alter the direction of the 
rolling, leaving now the green and now the 
downy surface outside, without any appre- 
ciable design, as though by chance. The 
poplar-leaf, with its simple form and its 
moderate size, yields an elegant cylinder; 
the vine-leaf, with its cumbersome width and 
complicated outline, produces a shapeless 
cigar, an untidy bundle. 
This is not due to defective talents, but 
to the difficulty of manipulating and control- 
ling a leaf of this kind. The mechanical 
method, indeed, is the same as that practised 
on the poplar-leaf. With three legs here 
and three legs there on the edges of the fold, 
the Bécaru obtains a purchase on one side 
and tugs and strains on the other. 
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