Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. A death''s-head echoed Legrand Oh — yes — well, it has something of that appearance upon paper, no doubt. The two upper black spots look like eyes, eh''.l and the longer one at the bottom like a mouth — and then the shape of the Whole is oval. Perhaps so, said I but, Legrand, I fear you are no artist. I must wait until I see the beetle itself, if I am to form any idea of its personal appearance. Well, I don''t know, said he, a little nettled, I draw tolera bly — should do it at least — have had good masters, and atter myself that I am not quite a blockhead.