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No. 90 THE SACRED SCARAB
The Habits of the Beetle of the Egyptian Hieroglyphics
Views of the pyramids and rock tombs of Egypt — the process of excavation in an ancient tomb — views of its interior — the hierogyphics inscribed on the walls — inscriptions of the Sacred Beetle.
A caravan of camels — beetles forming a
ball of dung — starting to roll it away — stopping to polish the ball — the attack of another beetle — the fight, with the victor rolling the ball away.
Digging a hole in the sand beneath the ball until the ball sinks in — laying the eggs.
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No. 101 CORSICA, NAPOLEON’S HOMELAND
An Island in the Sunny Mediteranean
From Nice the steamer carries us to Ajaccio, capital of Corsica and Napolean's birthplace. The streets, buildings, monuments and the daily life of the Corsicans are an interesting study.
To find the real Corsicans we go to the mountains. Along mountain roads and bridges, some dating from Roman days, we find them
— riding their donkeys, shepherding their flocks, cultivating the vineyards, busy with apiaries, carting loads of timber, operating charcoal ovens.
Finally we return to the seacoast to watch the fishermen, who drop their usual work long enough to show us the octopi, lobsters and jellyfish of the Mediterranean.
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No. 104 A GOLD RUSH
Training and Educating the Natives
The streets, markets, buildings of Johannesburg— the buildings and machinery of the nearby gold mines.
Natives at work in the mines — their life in the barbed wire-enclosed “compounds" — washing clothes by jumping on them, using the sewing machine, adapting empty oil cans
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to a dozen new uses, shopping in the bazaars of Trairobi.
The gradual education of the native through his work for the white man and in the newlv-founded schools — a hint of what this may mean to the white man’s domination of Africa.
No. 106 AMAZING
The Strange Powers of Instinct
A fish (the Stickleback) building a nest — the protective coat of twigs, shells, etc. collected by the aquatic larva of the Caddis fly.
The Ant Lion, and his deadly pit-trap for insects — a spider constructing a web, catching and binding a wasp.
ANIMAL HABITS
The toad puffing up to bluff a snake and succeeding — the protective adaptations of the Walking Stick and leaf-like insects.
Ants caring for and “milking” aphids — various insects gathered at a crack in the bark of the oak enjoying the sap.
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