iring I lie present year, in tin/ month of .May Mini June r< 

 I the opportunity of examining these -all.s and their coi 

 he neighbourhood of Ch'ungk'ing and 

 Cbia-ting Fu, the chief wax-producing coin 



oiu Chia-ting Fu by short anni 

 ree in the country lying betwc 

 st of Ch'ungk'ing I plucked t 

 them, they are very brittle, 



watched day by day tor signs of life. At last my patience was rcwai 

 by seeing the pincers of the beetle gradually boring a hole through 

 gall. This hole, when completed, was circular and of sufficient siz 

 allow him to escape from his imprisonment. Although he did 

 issue when he had broken his prison wall but continued to burroi 

 the inner lining, the wax insects began to crawl out and in, and ] 

 persuaded that the beetle is a wise provision of nature to afford 



well be doubted, for I endeavoured, but without success, to feed 



I e-ca'pil 'tin 



