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Animal Analogues

The Bee. The Beet. The Beetle.

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Good Mr. Darwin once contended That Beetles were from Bees descended; And as my pictures show, I think, The Beet must be the missing-link. The Sugar-Beet and Honey-Bee Supply the Beetle's pedigree: The family is now complete,— The Bee, the Beetle and the Beet.

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