They taught us the care of herds, and the use of bronze, the material of the first metal implement.

Thus the dawn of civilisation arose over France.

With the bean did those ancient teachers also involuntarily bring us the insect which to-day disputes it with us?
It is doubtful; the Bruchidae seem to be indigenous.

At all events, I find them levying tribute from various indigenous plants, wild vegetables which have never tempted the appetite of man.

They abound in particular upon the great forest vetch (_Lathyrus latifolius_), with its magnificent heads of flowers and long handsome pods.