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^fXt-Mm&eur Ch2r r é and-Sèl^mfir R e d p fm on^affertr'
i # d i e P#fori' a^Bllo# B p r W M è inaTftaddêrpatfthe
bóttófri o f its Toöth,-which Liqhói^.upon
its :by the \Pfe!ïM,efdf"tfie Bl^defeM] -ïsd^Pd 4 hfö
a^FB'be within-the T ^ h iin d rdkfe^üehtlf'Intbthb Wóünd>
and thehcb ehfue v e r f dirëfh®
th it by this Liquor 'Rigëons ^ë&RuUetJpb'y dropping It-into
a Wöund triade inêither ofthërh/ havebeeïï kilPd;4 hb'the
IriqUdiiheito^dEfe^fF^i^'WMêniieaddirhêtwl^^rts
that The hasl/try’d thetfame'iÉMpöFimeniSj'hut obfe^’d no
fcch alLr-Thefe two B e f g n i ö f ' t e l b m e
mfia&Te>ffe«ónci|^ who sailedgês I th a tr th ^ l^ xM q tio r
with which SeigfliörRedt kill
the Death o f the J^iper^ -frit either fa4h'rate&-With the
Spirits df the e ö r a g d : ^ / ^ y % h ^ h ^ ^ f ^ % ^ f c h
means it wksrénder’d' morefpóyfènous f ó f W l^ it^ p to b a -
ble)that in the hot and d¥y tho#'€featurei
are more véhemous than in colder Countries : Tonne this
Gonjeaitre ilebinsrfeatfdnabldi hbwevéf%h’at its V ito '« ! i |
is hot fo material; but it, is certain very noble Medicines are
prepared from them; and a Winé from »their'Ffefe, fingh-kr
in Confuhiptive, Leprous and ScorbutiCCafes; they- a-fferd
likewife a volatile Salt, the niojt generous^Cordial injfaturg.
The Lizard is frequently found in the Mofles, and is faid
to be one of thole whibh the Naturalifts ftile Thilanthrqpi., or
Lovers of Men, never (as they fay) doing injury to Mankind,
but deftroyiiig 'any venemous Creature hurtful to
him.' Thefe are; the molt noted Reptiles. •.: | - f
V Amongft thelnfefifcs we Ihall begin with the Grajhopper:
This Creature in its Infancy is wonderfully preferfdkby a
•Froth which it raifes upon the furface of fome Plant, concealing
it feif by that means from Birds,r;gr other Creatures
which might deftroy it: This Froth by the Vulgar is called
Cuckowifpitile, by fome a Meteor that falls from the Air,
and is by them efteenfd poyfonous, whereas indeed it is nothing
but aFroth fprm’d from the Plant, by this little In-
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feä i I have taken fevefaPdf- the!©, and Hos'd them with
fome Plants ifi-Böxe's] fo-that they cd%ld have-no commu-
nicatibn -with the»Air, and the Dayi following; they rwere
all • cover’d withc’this kind* ofvFrbth,! which- Experiment
putsytheMattbfrbeyond Controvedy. ii i :
The Caterpillar depofifes ^her Lggs.lipj Cotton, in the
Clefts of^reeSjUwhich are enliven’d by the influence of the
Sun,iäta prö'pekfeafon of the Year ? I ‘dd thmkihe is’ dei
ftroy’d by her young ontfs; Which oreep »'.within her to fuck;
för I-have fometi-ml^found’theih creeping ■ upon Cabbages,
With^wärit'f podiig ones Within them, It and fometkhes-dead
With fthefe>within their Bodies ; tb e f €hter them *at little
Orificesfltke Nipples; on either fide Of 'the Belly, andfoflie-
fiineS' creep fö ;far-as ' t o ' be’ ’ fcarce- thfeernible-,1 but molt
esniffibhly -one h alf o f themhangs
the TVefi^ltidief is faid after the fiameunaikrer to donkey and
nourilhJ its young ones, which are ofifdrv’d to ’run in-to-an
external kind bfia Womb, in which they lodgtf-Whilft {he
endeavours anEleape: fö various3are'the Methods-"W?1? dif-;
ierents&ekrpresfhwe fof theippefervution ®fvltheirSpecies.
’• T\A-Locuß-Efy:i. have been inform'd has, been foundin’
IirÄernberinot any itothavebeenndifebvefd
ih'Phel@Päriä.j';i T-ke RedSp'ideri Liverycommon;ahdds&ih
tObe that-, whichfre;quentlylpö^föiiäfi2af'tli& ;l'ofthis'I callto
riliM^^fittaärka'ble InitancO ®pjon;a Ce®b, whiehuafi^rrSer
mTefteif^vSs pbj^feh’d: by this Lind, ofij;^>zWer. ;':iThe Reaib
WIS ;extreamlylfrvfeMfl, kttd h e f Bdly'eaitraordipapylhardy
fh'elay moaningupon. the Ground,dbubtlefs in violent Pain;
and palt hopes o f help; the FarrierObo,wfever) offer’d, if-thd
Owh^cOhfented,! to thrufl: fils* Knife,in,- hen Stamachj>to
put her out of- Törnient;; ' the Owflerinoniplres, andf the
Farrier immediately enters H his Knife*, upbu which there
inftäfitly: iflued fefth a ; Steam, whiih!tooki Bike rät ^the
flames of the Cändles> and blai’diall oven the ^Barn,: and
W^S-?M4 fi feme diffleulty exftihgtafli’d tfee '<|&^ £uddenly
ruflit• upon • her-F^t, b'egan to ea>t, aiid: afterwards grew . J I B I per