Note 3 — Chapter X · THE PROFESSOR: AVIGNON (1852–1870)
Bernard Miall translation
However, the audacious insect had other surprises in store for him: his notes speak of nests found more or less by chance near the still of a distillery, on the top of a steam-engine in a silk mill, on the walls and furniture of a farmhouse kitchen, and even in the interior of a gourd in which the farmer kept his shot on the chimney-piece; in a word, wherever there was warmth and not too much light. Souvenirs, IV., p. 8–12. ↑