I should not have been much more surprised to see Halicarnassus soaring over the ridge pole.

I had not the slightest idea they could fly." Then the aphides! Exhausters of strength--vine fretters--plant destroyers! One aphis, often the progenitor of over five thousand million aphides in a single season.

This seems understated, but I accept it as the aphidavit of another noted helminthologist.

I might have imagined Nature had a special grudge against me if I had not recalled Emerson's experience.

He says: "With brow bent, with firm intent, I go musing in the garden walk.