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COCOONS, BUT NOT OF SILK. 
be frightened at it, and to think that if they saw 
it, they should he certain to be taken ill and die. 
In the Isle of France, this superstition is very 
common indeed; and the natives believe that the 
dust from its wings will cause blindness, if it 
falls into their eyes. So, in the evening, when 
the moth comes out, if it should chance to flutter 
Death’s head moth. 
