2/19 Here is an excellent flock for the slaughter-house of the Carabi. The procession is quickly re-formed; the caterpillars, to the number of perhaps a hundred and fifty, move forward in an undulating line. They pass near the piece of board, one following the other like the pigs at Chicago. I cry Havoc! and let loose the dogs of war: that is to say, I remove the plank. |