ANTS

(1) Cicadas.

[1] An interesting fact in this connection is that the Japanese word

for ant, _ari_, is represented by an ideograph formed of the character

for “insect” combined with the character signifying “moral rectitude,”

“propriety” (_giri_). So the Chinese character actually means “The

Propriety-Insect.”

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