BOOKS BY J. HENRI FABRE
Bernard Miall translation
THE LIFE OF THE SPIDER
THE LIFE OF THE FLY
THE MASON-BEES
BRAMBLE-BEES AND OTHERS
THE HUNTING WASPS
THE LIFE OF THE CATERPILLAR
THE LIFE OF THE GRASSHOPPER
THE SACRED BEETLE AND OTHERS
THE MASON-WASPS
THE GLOW-WORM AND OTHER BEETLES
MORE HUNTING WASPS
THE LIFE OF THE WEEVIL
MORE BEETLES
THE LIFE OF THE SCORPION

THE LIFE OF THE SCORPION
BY J. HENRI FABRE TRANSLATED BY Alexander Teixeira de Mattos FELLOW OF ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON AND Bernard Miall
NEW YORK DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY 1923
Copyright, 1923, By DODD, MEAD & COMPANY, Inc.
First printing, June, 1923 Second printing, November, 1923
PRINTED IN U. S. A. VAIL-BALLOU PRESS, INC. BINGHAMTON AND NEW YORK