CANl'HARIDEs.
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The Cantharees Spanish flies used for
blisters) are very abundant in Sicily, and
that country furnishes great part of Eu-
rope. The Sicilians believe that they come
from Asia or Egypt, for they arrive regu-
larly every year in swarms, in the last days
of May and the first of June. The peasants
know by the odour which they shed, that
they are not far off, and after they have seen
them alight upon an olive tree, (this kind Of
tree particularly attracts them) they come
early in the morning and spread great
sheet under the tree; the tree is shaken and
all the flies fall upon the sheet They are
then put into earthen vessels and killed by
sprinkling them with vinegar from time te
time. They are afterwards dried, and
packed in tight boxes or casks.