es upon their dispatch, and hold themselves of from those feeding mostly upon insects. (Pleropide) are easily identified. They havelong been more value on that account. Slowness in work, lin- Their depredations upon orchards and vineyards are known in literature, and the ancient Herodotusspeaks… … FLYING FOXES. vigor will prompt the healthy and industrious man guided by an acute sense of smell, they will enter the themselves against them in dresses of leather. Later to labor steadily and rapidly, while neglecting nothing plantations containing some plant upon which the classic authors allude…
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