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FAREWELL. AND THANKS. 
With a good appetite, seating themselves at the table, they attacked a 
fragment of sugar, and sucked up with their proboscis all the sweetness 
they could find. When they had finished their repast, and were com¬ 
pletely restored, were fluttering to and fro, demanding the way out, I 
set them free, without causing them to lose one moment of a day 
already far advanced. W r ith a rapid flight, charmed by the noonday 
sun, they returned to their occupations, distinctly humming:—‘Fare¬ 
well, madam, and many thanks ! ’ ” 
