THE ANIMAL KINGDOM. 



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As he himself weighs from 150 to 200 pounds, he only 

 moves in so doing a mass the weight of Avhich does not 

 equal a third of that of his body. If we subject a 

 mole-cricket to the same test, the results are quite extra- 

 ordinary. This creature, which only weighs four grammes 



60. Muscular Apparatus of the Willow-caterpLlIar. —From Lyonet. Goat-moth— Cossms 



lignipcnla. 



(sixty-one grains and three-quarters i), can with its two 

 large hands move a weight of a kilogramme and a half,'-^ 



' See note, p. 24. " See note, p. 72. 



