The season of singing insects here, the "Japan Advertiser" marks, and the buzz and the whirl from the checker-board stall of tie insect-seller-7s- heard at every street fair. It is said that these tiny pets now on the market are bred for thi special purpose and that the busi ness of insect-breeding is a profitable pursuit.
The following table shows at glance the market, prices being t2- ceived for singing insects of various kinds. These prices do not include a cage.
Kantan_ Kirigirisu (grasshopper), 40 sen; Kusa Hibgri (with note like a skylark), 20 sea; Nishiki Hibari
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.