. Ways of the six-footed. Insects. PIPERS AND MINNESINGERS 27 delectable concert begins usually in the late after- noon and continues without ceasing until just before dawn the next morning. Many times I have heard the close of the concert; with the "weesma" hours the rhythmic beat becomes slower; toward dawn there is a falling off in the number of players; the beat is still slower, and the notes are hoarse, as if the fiddlers were tired and cold; finally, when only two or three are left, the music stops abruptly. Fitly and fortunately the song of this cricket is the most soothing of
. Ways of the six-footed. Insects. PIPERS AND MINNESINGERS 27 delectable concert begins usually in the late after- noon and continues without ceasing until just before dawn the next morning. Many times I have heard the close of the concert; with the "weesma" hours the rhythmic beat becomes slower; toward dawn there is a falling off in the number of players; the beat is still slower, and the notes are hoarse, as if the fiddlers were tired and cold; finally, when only two or three are left, the music stops abruptly. Fitly and fortunately the song of this cricket is the most soothing of all the songs of insects. To listen to it consciously would make the most unfortunate victim of insomnia drowsy. It is the incarnation in sound of the spirit of slumber ; it broods over the care-tired world, and with gentle insistence hushes it to Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Comstock, Anna Botsford, 1854-1930. Boston, Ginn & Company
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