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STRANGE DWELLINGS . 
ominous menace in their hum, which speaks volumes to those 
who have some acquaintance with the language of insects ; and 
no one who has once been chased by these insects will willingly 
run the same risk again. 
HORNET. 
Mr. S. Stone, whose interesting letter upon the wasp has 
already been mentioned, tells me that he has been successful in 
breeding Hornets as well as wasps, and forcing them to build 
nests much more beautiful than they would have made if they 
had been at liberty. 
