Note (return) — SPIRIT OF DISCOVERY.
Reading edition
Our readers are doubtless aware that cochineal, so extensively used in this country for dying,1 is a beautiful insect abundantly found in various parts of Mexico and Peru. Some of these insects have lately been sent over to Old Spain, and are doing remarkably well on the prickly pear of that country; indeed, they are said to rival even those of Mexico in the quality and brilliancy of their dye.