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 204 DICK SANDS, THE BOY CAPTAIN. Those singular insects émit a bright bluish light from two spots on the side of the thorax, and their colours are so brilliant that they are used as ornaments for ladies' head- dresses. Hoping to secure some spécimens for hîs box, Bencdict would havc wandercd to an unlimited distance ; but Hercules, raithful to his undertaking, soon discovered him, and heedless of the naturalistes protestations and vociférations, promptly escorted him back to the gênerai rendezvous. Hercules himself was the first to keep watch, but wîth this exception, the vvhole party, in another hoar, wcft wrappcd in peaceful slumber.