text:  We took _locusts_ and _grilli_; we held them by their wings and we presented them _with their own legs_ for dinner; and on our veracity we can affirm that on no single occasion did the animal fail to seize his foot; and having demolished the toes and the tibia with all the meat upon it proceed to demolish up to the very end of the _trochanter_! Nor were they more tender of their own _antennae_ of which when we had duly convinced a sceptical friend he exclaimed--It _seems impossible_; but _there is no doubting the fact_! Insects (who would have thought it?) lose a great deal by insensible transpiration; from one-tenth to one-quarter of their whole weight as we have abundantly ascertained by series of experiments for which we have the tables to show