. The life of the fly [microform] : with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography. Fabre, J. Henri (Jean Henri), 1823-1915; Fabre, J. Henri (Jean Henri), 1823-1915; Mouches; Insects; Flies; Insectes. The Life of the Fly also easily penetrates the meat: I see it dis- appear as though it were dipping into butter. It cuts its way, levying, as it goes, a prelim- inary toll, but only of liquid mouthfuls. Not the smallest solid particle is detached and swal- lowed. That is not the maggot's diet. It wants a broth, a soup, a sort of fluid extract of beef which it prepares itself. As diges
. The life of the fly [microform] : with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography. Fabre, J. Henri (Jean Henri), 1823-1915; Fabre, J. Henri (Jean Henri), 1823-1915; Mouches; Insects; Flies; Insectes. The Life of the Fly also easily penetrates the meat: I see it dis- appear as though it were dipping into butter. It cuts its way, levying, as it goes, a prelim- inary toll, but only of liquid mouthfuls. Not the smallest solid particle is detached and swal- lowed. That is not the maggot's diet. It wants a broth, a soup, a sort of fluid extract of beef which it prepares itself. As digestion, after all, merely means liquefaction, we may say, without being guilty of paradox, that the grub of the Bluebottle digests its food before swallowing it. With the object of rjlieving gastric troubles, our manufacturing chemists scrape the stomachs of the Pig and Sheep and thus obtain pepsin, a digestive agent which pos- sesses the property of liquefying albuminous matters and lean meat in particular. Why cannot they rasp the stomach of the maggot I They would obtain a product of the highest quality, for the carnivorous worm also owns its pepsin, pepsin of a singularly active kind, as the following experiments will show us. I divide the white of a hard-boiled egg into tiny cubes and place them in a little test-tube. On the top of the contents, I sprinkle the eggs of the Bluebottle, eggs free from the least stain, taken from those laid on the outside of 342. 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 Fabre, J. Henri (Jean Henri), 1823-1915. Toronto : McClelland and Goodchild
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