The cleg (clegg, breeze-fly, gad-fly) is a name applied to the members of the insect family Tabanidae, which are flies furnished with a lancet-like proboscis, of powerful flight, and a habit of sucking blood. It is only the female which sucks blood, and in some examples - such as the Hadrus lepidotus of Brazil - they may inflict wounds which bleed very freely. The common cleg (Tabanus bovinus) is a large insect resembling a bee which produces a deep hum which panics horses and cattle. It also attacks man, and its hard proboscis can penetrate even thick clothing. Research Cleg
Samuel Rutherford Crockett was a Scottish novelist. He was born in 1859, near New Galloway and died in 1914. Educated at Castle-Douglas and at Edinburgh University, he became Free Church minister at Penicuik, but gave up the church for literature. The Stickit Minister, which appeared in 1893, first made his name known. After that he produced a number of tales and sketches, including The Raiders; Mad Sir Ughtred of the Hills; The Lilac Sun-bonnet; The Men of the Moss Hags; The Playactress; Sweetheart Travellers; ClegKelly, Arab of the City; etc. Research Samuel Crockett
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