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 AN EXCITING CHASE. 435 persuaded himself he could see the coveted inscct in the distance, and, seîzed with a frantic impulse, exclaimed, — " I will hâve you yet ! " He did not even yet realize the fact that he had gained his liberty, but heedless of everything except his own burning disappointinent, and at the risk of being attacked by natives or beset by wild beasts, he was just on the vcry point of dashing into the heart of the wood when suddenly a gîant form confronted him, as suddenly a giant hand seized him by the nape of his neck, and, lifting him up, carried him off with apparently as little exertion as hc could himself hâve carried off his hexapod ! For that day at least Cousin Benedict had lost his chance of being the happicst of cntomologists. F f 2