Mem. for Agriculturists.
Protect the birds and the insects will be in their crops. Destroy the birds and the crops will be in the insects.
"S.P. (Lincoln).—Humming-birds don't hum with their mouths. The humming is the vibration of their wings while flying—for the same reason that a blue-bottle or an aeroplane hums."—Pearson's Weekly.
So it is not the pilot rubbing his feet together, as we had been taught to believe.
Uncle. "BY JOVE, THERE'S A NICE QUIET-LOOKING GIRL JUST COME IN. WONDER WHO SHE IS.' Niece. "HAVEN'T THE FOGGIEST. MUST BE PRE-WAR."