indoorsnumbers of insects, and the common house-flieswere crawling up the window-frames and onthe ceiling of the room. How do these fel-lows manage to walk straight up, and with theirheads down in this way, without falling, I won-der? said James. Wont your microscopetell you ? was the reply, which… … the side of each claw, of which there are twoon a flys foot, is a pad or cushion, which actsas a sucker, just on the same principle that theleather-suckers by which boys raise stonesare made to act. This is one cause of the flyspower to walk anywhere and in any way, as hedoes. Added to this, each…
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