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Cordila. Meig., Latr. Antennæ duodecimarticulate, compressed, clavate.

Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.

Heav'n to its predilected children grants / The middle space 'twixt opulence and wants.