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The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 3 (of 6)

Note 106 — BOOK XI. THE VARIOUS KINDS OF INSECTS.

John Bostock translation

The trunk of the grasshopper, Cuvier says, is situate so low down, that it seems to be attached to the breast. With it the insect extracts the juices of leaves and stalks.

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