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Show Strength of Fly. An Englishman has mndo many ex-porlmonta ex-porlmonta with various Insects, such na caterpillars, fleas, butterflies and files, which show how extraordinarily strong theso Insects nro A bluebottle fly weighing 1-28 of an ounco wns hitched by a thread to a tiny wngon and drow a total weight of a llttlo over six ounces, or practically practic-ally 170 times Its own weight A catorplllar hnrnesaed In n similar manner man-ner pulled 25 tlmoB Its own weight. A strong mun vJth n llko equipment equip-ment of large slzo can at most niovs but ten times his own welghL |