THE MUD WASP. 
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in order to show the manner in which the winged artificers sus- 
pended their wonderful home. As is always the case with 
pensile nests, the foundation is laid at the top, thus carrying 
out Dean Swift’s suggestion for a new patent in architecture. 
MUD WASP. 
A large quantity of clay is worked round the chosen branch, 
and made very strong, in order to sustain the heavy weight 
which will be suspended from it. This clay foundation is 
wonderfully hard, though very brittle, this latter quality being 
