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The Interior of a Factory

           

           WhentheworthysavantlearnedthathewasnotontheAmericancontinent,ashebelieved,hewasnotatallanxioustoknowhowthatcouldhavehappened.No!Hisfirstmovementwasagestureofanger.TheinsectsthatheimaginedhehadbeenthefirsttodiscoverinAmerica,thosetsetsesandothers,wereonlymereAfricanhexapodes,foundbymanynaturalistsbeforehim,intheirnativeplaces.Farewell,then,tothegloryofattachinghisnametothosediscoveries!Infact,ashewasinAfrica,whatcouldtherebeastonishinginthecircumstancethatCousinBenedicthadcollectedAfricaninsects.

           Butthefirstangerover,CousinBenedictsaidtohimselfthatthe

           "LandofthePharaohs"sohestillcalleditpossessedincomparable

           entomologicalriches,andthatsofarasnotbeinginthe"Landofthe

           Incas"wasconcerned,hewouldnotlosebythechange.

           "Ah!"herepeated,tohimself,andevenrepeatedtoMrs.Weldon,whohardlylistenedtohim,"thisisthecountryofthemanticores,thosecoleoptereswithlonghairyfeet,withweldedandsharpwing-shells,withenormousmandibles,ofwhichthemostremarkableisthetuberculousmanticore.Itisthecountryofthecalosomeswithgoldenends;oftheGoliathsofGuineaandoftheGabon,whosefeetarefurnishedwiththorns;ofthesacredEgyptianateuchus,thattheEgyptiansofUpperEgyptveneratedasgods.Itisherethatthosesphinxeswithheadsofdeath,nowspreadoverallEurope,belong,andalsothose’IdiasBigote,’whosestingisparticularlydreadedbytheSenegaliansofthecoast.

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