Note 1 — Chapter I · THE CETONIÆ
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos translation
Twenty thousand, Réaumur1 tells us, twenty thousand embryos in the body of the Grey Flesh-fly!2 Twenty thousand! What does she want with this formidable family? With offspring that reproduce themselves several times in a year, does she intend to dominate the world? She would be capable of it. Speaking of the Bluebottle,3 who is far less prolific, Linnæus4 already wrote: