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the little landscape, stalking about a very Rhinoceros 

 among the smaller game. A few of the pretty little 

 Sun-beetles, with their dazzling coats of bronze, 

 might be tried ; and the glitter of their movements 

 during a gleam of sunshine could not fail to be 

 highly pleasing. But then I must caution the 

 curator of the Vivarium against over- crowding, and 

 particularly against exposing the case to the heat 

 of the midday sun, which would infallibly destroy 

 many of the tender-skinned Caterpillars. 



