THE ANIMAL KINGDOM. 



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same with the point of a needle, it becomes an imj)erfect 

 awl. Scrutinize the scythes, the darts, or the rakes of an 



65. Claw of the Lion. 



insect, and everything there reveals the power of the Archi- 

 tect of so many marvels. The claw of the lion is immensely 

 less complicated than that of the spider! 



66. Spider's Claw, seen \rith the Microscope. 



In the creatures which we are now studying the tactile 

 faculty accjuires a marvellous development ; it supplies the 

 want of a language; the ants talk to each other by touch. 

 One could not believe this if a careful observer had not 

 demonstrated it, and yet the fact is so certain that any one 

 can at any time verify it. When two of these intelligent 

 insects meet in their career, Ave see that they touch each 

 other differently with their antennae, and that after doing 

 this they seem to form some fresh resolution, in conse- 



