THE CATERPILLAR. 
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they must fast until the spring comes round. It 
is therefore wisely ordained that they should 
Pig-snouted Caterpillar. 
pass the time in sleep; and accordingly they 
disappear, and remain hidden, either in their 
winter nests, or in some warm and sheltered spot. 
They are able to resist a great amount of cold ; 
but should the frost be very intense, they are 
frozen like everything else. Such however is 
their tenacity of life, that they have been known 
to revive even after this has happened to them. 
A number of caterpillars, that were frozen so 
hard as to chink like stones, were once dropped 
into a glass, and brought indoors. The warm 
room thawed them, and they lived and moved 
just the same as ever! 
