Chinese children are very fond of playing with insects. In" summer boys may be seen going round wit Jong bamboo sticks with some sticky. substance at the tips, by means of which they caleb éleadas. These they tie with a thread round the thorax and whirl about to make them Mutter their wings and emit the harsh screeching noise for which they are famous. This may be very amusing fo the boys, but not much fun for the cicada." Everywhere in China there is a stupid looking long-headed grasshopper, which the children of Shansi Province arch and hold by the long hind legs. Tt then bobs backwards and forwards in a most ludicrous manner. The children accompany the absurd motions of the grasshopper with a little rhyme,
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