[THE SISYPHUS]

The mother harnesses herself in the place of honour, in front. The father pushes behind in the reverse position, head downwards 204

[ITALIAN LOCUSTS]

“I have buried underground,” she says, “the treasure of the future” 238

[THE ANTHRAX FLY]

Her delicate suit of downy velvet, from which you take the bloom by merely breathing on it, could not withstand the contact of rough tunnels 258 [[xi]]

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FABRE’S BOOK OF INSECTS

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CHAPTER I