THE PURIFYING FLY.

Oxford Observer, Volume 3, Issue 109, 26 September 1891, Page 4

THE PURIFYING FLY.

The fly does his part, m the great and important work of purification, seeing with its ten "thousand eyes things that would pass unnoticed by us, eagerly devouring his appropriate food. This he finds m the smallest atoms of animal .and vegetable matter, too small to be noticed, by the tidy housekeeper, which otherwise would be permitted to purify, contaminating the ' air. We may imagine that he circles about m the air -with no definite, object m vievv, but if we will carefully watch him we shall be convinced that he ha,s. ' an object, collecting his food, atoms of impure or decayed matter which otherwise would enter our lungs, adding tqf* it the impurity of our blood. This filth is collected ori his wings and head, for as we see him. light he scrapes his wings and his head with his legs and feet, passing the gathered morsels fromfoot to foot, "the front pair passing his dinner* to his mouth. The fly also teaches jis^the value of sunlight, not only to cheer but. to purify the air, for. he has too good sense to live m a dark room. When the room is darkened he seeks a decent place for his release.