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and sabretaches. But now that the rain had ceased the [[deletion]] blisterfies [[/deletion]] [[addition]] [[unclear]] [[/addition]] | and sabretaches. But now that the rain had ceased the [[deletion]] blisterfies [[/deletion]] [[addition]] [[unclear]] [[/addition]] | ||
began to arrive; the white cloth on the floor was an iressitable | began to arrive; the white cloth on the floor was an iressitable | ||
| − | attraction ^ [[addition]] [[unclear]] [[/addition]] and they arrived in their myriads. [[deletion]] They [[/deletion]] | + | attraction ^ [[addition]] to [[unclear]] white [[unclear]] [[/addition]] and they arrived in their myriads. [[deletion]] They [[/deletion]] Some |
have a faculty of letting their wings drop off, and then | have a faculty of letting their wings drop off, and then | ||
walking about unconcernedly as if unconscious of their loss; | walking about unconcernedly as if unconscious of their loss; | ||
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soon as the winged ants appear, the large black ants appear in | soon as the winged ants appear, the large black ants appear in | ||
pursuit who seem to take a savage pleasure in seizing the luckless | pursuit who seem to take a savage pleasure in seizing the luckless | ||
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white ant, with or without wings, and dragging it about | white ant, with or without wings, and dragging it about | ||
in the most savage manner till it expires. Then there are myriads | in the most savage manner till it expires. Then there are myriads | ||
Revision as of 21:46, 4 March 2019
and sabretaches. But now that the rain had ceased the deletion blisterfies /deletion addition unclear /addition began to arrive; the white cloth on the floor was an iressitable attraction ^ addition to unclear white unclear /addition and they arrived in their myriads. deletion They /deletion Some have a faculty of letting their wings drop off, and then walking about unconcernedly as if unconscious of their loss; some lose all their wings at once, others crawl about with two, others ^ addition with /addition three, but in due course all are destitute of their gauzy appendages, and the cloth deletion is /deletion addition became /addition strewn with them. Then as soon as the winged ants appear, the large black ants appear in pursuit who seem to take a savage pleasure in seizing the luckless note unclear /note white ant, with or without wings, and dragging it about in the most savage manner till it expires. Then there are myriads of moths with wings which seem made of delicate gold, and a long, dark yellow hornet-shaped insect, with no end of joints which makes you sh addition u /addition dder as it flies by, and large beetles, armed to the teeth in "shining armour" and with horns like formidable spears. These beetles, incidentally, are so strong that when placed under a wine-galss they move it as they advance. But worst of all are the blister flies, who equally now invaded the ball room in their thousands, the scene which followed I can never forget; if one alights upon a person without their being aware of it, should it be unwittingly crushed on their face or neck a large blister instantly rises Some of these little tormentors climbed up into the ladies' flounces, hid themselves in folds of net, addition or /addition visited the mysterious recesses of complicated trimmings; some crept up gentlemen's sleeves, others concealed themselves in a jungle of deletion whistkers /deletion whisker, and there was something very attractive
