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never again tasting the more common pulp which 

 hitherto had satisfied his unsophisticated palate : 

 now nothing less than the highly-flavoured, aro- 

 matic kernels will suit his tooth, and on these 

 for a few days he feasts in luxury. 



46. Somehow or other, the pips of an apple 

 are connected with its growth, as the heart of 

 an animal with its life; — injure the heart, an 

 animal dies : injure the pips, an apple falls : 

 whether the fall of his house gives the tenant 

 warning to quit, is not known, but quit he does, 

 and that almost immediately ; he leaves the core, 

 crawls along his breathing and clearing-out gal- 

 lery, the mouth of which, before nearly closed, 

 he now gnaws into a smooth, round hole, which 

 will permit him free passage without hurting his 

 fat, soft, round body ; then out he comes, and 

 for the first time in his life finds himself in the 

 open air. 



47. He now wanders about on the ground till 

 he finds the stem of a tree : up this he climbs, 

 and hides himself in some nice little crack in the 

 bark : we should remark, that the fall of the apple, 

 the exit of the grub, and his wandering to this 

 place of security, usually take place in the night- 

 time. In this situation he remains without stirring 

 for a day or two, as if to rest himself after the 

 uncommon fatigue of a two yards' march ; he 

 then gnaws away the bark a little in order to get 

 further in out of the way of observation ; and 



