Punch, 29 (1855), 251.
A Learned Fly
Anon
Genre: | Notes, Drollery |
Subjects: | Entomology, Animal Behaviour, Animal Development |
Discusses a story of a saint who 'trained a favourite fly with so much success' that the insect could work as an efficient book marker, and suggests 'Literary Police Regulations' for flies moving across a page. | |
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