Where the insect life is seen in its most splendid developments, [179]
Like winged flames they haunt the leafy shades, [180]
The fire-fly lights up the gloom, and also furnishes woman's beauty with a living ornament, [181], [182]
CHAPTER VI.—THE SILKWORM.
The exquisite structure of a woman's hair enlarged upon, [185]
What can compare with it? Only the silkworm's thread, [186]
Peculiar charm attending the silkworm's labours, [186]
And the preciousness of the silken product, [187]
Something is said about the use of silk in Mediæval France, [188]
And on its excellence and fitness as a garment for Beauty, [189]