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Title: Wonders of the tropics; or, Explorations and adventures of Henry M. Stanley and other world-renowned travelers, including Livingstone, Baker, Cameron, Speke, Emin Pasha, Du Chaillu, Andersson, etc., etc. ..
Year: 1889 (1880s)
Authors: Northrop, Henry Davenport, 1836-1909
Subjects: Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton), 1841-1904
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. Chicago, Ill. (etc.) National Publishing Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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a convenient place. The beetlerolls up these balls to feed its young, and deposits its eggs in them. Inthe theological symbolism of the ancient Egyptians, these pills arecompared to the substance of which the world was formed, and whichwas also represented as globular. The beetle itself is looked upon as theprinciple of light and creative force, which, in union with the sun, infusesinto matter the germs of light and creation, as the beetle deposits its eggsin the ball. The deity Ptah (that is, the forming and impelling force)then gives to these germs their form, and creates the heavens and theearth. The wasp tribe is also represented by many fine and large varieties. STANLEYS GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF AFRICA. 599 The bee is nearly akin to our own, and has often been introduced intoother countries. Ants, locusts, and cockroaches are at times great pests.The common house-fly is nowhere more bold and importunate, and suc-ceeds only too completely in rendering an otherwise pleasant life most
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AFRICAN GEKKO OR WALL-LIZARD. -disagreeable. The stinging gnat is just as bad, and its unceasing hum isalmost more calculated to drive a new-comer to despair than its painful,burning sting. At certain times its worm-like larvae abound in all standing waters,swarm in the drinking water, which can only be drunk when strained 600 WONDERS OF THE TROPICS. through a cloth, or, as is the usual practice with the poorer classes^through the coat-sleeve held between the pitcher and the lips. Vermin,are only too abundantly represented; fleas, bugs, and lice of every kincfabound, besides scorpions, tarantulas, centipedes, and leeches, and thoseimplacable tormentors of animals, horse-flies and gnats. The monoto-nous character of the whole country is perceptible throughout its floraand fauna, for in almost every class of the animal world the number orvarieties is comparatively small. Brambles and Donkeys. We now turn our attention to the country lying eastward toward theRed Sea. The path lies throug

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