The Pea-Weevil: The Eggs 
of a point through which to penetrate. 
When it has found this spot, the grub, 
measuring hardly a millimetre and pale- 
bodied, with a black cap, pierces the outer 
wrapper and dives into the capacious sheath 
of the pod. 
It reaches the peas and perches on the 
nearest. I watch it through the magnifying- 
glass, exploring its globe, its world. It sinks 
a well at right angles to the sphere. I see 
some which, half-way down, wriggle their 
tails to stimulate their efforts. After a short 
spell of work, the miner disappears and is at 
home. 
The entrance-hole is minute, but is easily 
recognized at any time by its brown colouring 
against the pale-green or yellow-green back- 
ground of the pea. It has no fixed site; 
we see it more or less anywhere on the 
surface of the pea, excepting generally on 
the lower half, that is to say, the hemisphere 
whose pole is formed by the base of the 
funicular cord. 
It is precisely in this part that the germ 
is found which will not be consumed and 
will remain capable of developing into an 
embryo plant, in spite of the large hole made 
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