Observation, sir, has informed me, that to remove the detestation of the king's service, it is not necessary to raise the wages of the seamen; it is necessary only to secure them; it is necessary to destroy those hateful insects that fatten in idleness and debauchery upon the gains of the industrious and honest.

When the hens eat too many insects, the eggs have a disagreeable flavour.

They probably found insects that escaped his sight; while it was certain that the ducks were revelling in the pools of fresh water, of which there might, at that moment, have been a hundred on the reef.

Whenever they feel hungry they come out and catch an unsuspecting insect.

The general practice is to soak them in cold salted water with the idea of drawing out and killing any insects.

We are like the monkeys-sent to pick insects...

The pain must have been intense, and fully accounted for his gymnastics and frantic efforts to crush the insects.

To prevent insects from attacking mushrooms it is best to keep the mushroom bags at least one foot above the ground.

At a thousand paces from this lies another cave, "San Vicente," which contains the same insects, but another kind of bat.

R67261, 18Sep50, Georg Schock (A) HOW I PHOTOGRAPH INSECTS, by Paul Griswold Howes.

Jupiter, with his accustomed caution, before seizing the insect, which had flown towards him, looked about him for a leaf, or something of that nature, by which to take hold of it.

Open the flower a little in places to remove the insects, which generally are found about the stalk, and let the cauliflowers lie in salt and water for an hour previous to dressing them, with their heads downwards: this will effectually draw out all the vermin.

He saw a strange-looking insect.

The father was particularly interested in entomology, and Spencer himself used to collect, describe, and draw insects when a boy.

So the native fire that burns within his hut day and night not only serves to cook his food and to keep wild beasts away, but also supplies him with an excellent form of Keating's Powder for the floor and smoke to drive the winged insects from the grateful warmth of his fireside.

" "Meanwhile, cousin," replied the intractable entomologist, "when I perceive an insect?

Years ago the writer was walking in the hall of the new university building in company with General Fraser and Professor Snow, when the latter suddenly darted forward up the stairs and captured an insect in its flight, that had evidently just dug its way out of the pine of the new building.

They sallied forth every day to collect insects, and as a rule were not particularly fortunate in their search; but this was of no consequence; in fact, it served to give them a fresh appetite for their meals.

They gathered piles of them and threw them upon burning charcoal, then, squatting around the fire, devoured the roasted insects with great gusto.

"As I thought, sir, it is only a water-bug," he observed, rescuing the insect upon his thumb-nail.

The rule of wounding nothing means that he must carry three articles with him, a straining cloth, for his drinking water, a broom, and a veil before his mouth, in order to avoid killing insects.

what sorrow can evil and disobedient sons, too little conscious (Dicky Taylor, bring that insect to me) of the sacrifices and prayerful struggles of their venerable parents (no, Henry, not another drink), call down upon their already care-burdened minds!

~The Wife of Some Great Officer Bewails His Absence~ Shrill chirp the insects in the grass; All about the hoppers spring.

Trees, bushes of a kind peculiar to Africa, great herbs, a few rivulets, the thatch of the barracks and the huts, were more than necessary to conceal the continent's rarest insects, and to make Cousin Benedict's happiness, at least, if not his fortune.

The viscous intelligence of a country-village is not easily stirred by the winds which ripple the fluent thought of great cities, but it holds every straw and entangles every insect that lights upon it.