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Rh Nippon ichi no Jōsan ga, Chōchin tomoshite, Koi to ina!

Hōchin, Koi! Hōchin, Koi! Seki no machi no bon-san ga, Chōchin tomoshite, Koi! Koi!

Of course, in order to hunt fireflies successfully, it is necessary to know something about their habits; and on this subject Japanese children are probably better informed than a majority of my readers, for whom the following notes may possess a novel interest:—

Fireflies frequent the neighbourhood of water, 註