Note 2 — Chapter XIV · THE GREEN GRASSHOPPER

I have here the same difficulty that I had with the Decticus. Influenced by the general diet of the Orthoptera,2 those ruminants of the greenswards, I offer the prisoners a leaf of lettuce. They bite into it, certainly, but very sparingly and with a scornful tooth. It soon becomes plain that I am dealing with half-hearted vegetarians. They want something else: they are beasts of prey, apparently. But what manner of prey? A lucky chance taught me.