<c -leave off their pride,and vanity,, and hunible- themfelves in
M 'their drefi. Along with the accoWnt'*th& fame perfon hld' ftnt
I a piece of the -laid gauze, folded round * to piee®
t$j the fize: of ■ a quarter of a fheet both in-hteadth4hä:d;
i<( This I examined, and-’founcbthafc it^teltebleffa^ib^^fei
a finenefs, .'but differed in 'Other refpeffi'i-.vifibly. ItATäfe-ifery
tc ftrong, .and would bear pulling- in any- part -before it'-#buld
u tear ;-whichour "eobwebs wont, for a large-fly%willjtearih6m.
^derFrahtit/imHift^AftiffÄb^xii&tfa^ioip.'ipaisi^-Äi^^^
t£ ■ tbei^eeulativedfpeechof Thalest&SÖlbnßttiägaßäe the ii^ i f ig
% it to pieces; and'deftroying it with-a bare finger, as is Haffp dxpe-
rienced. o Ahd faxtherj this-Nprvegian gauze,-wberl laid pütof
% theihahds; would'ciirl up-together, »and^ as->ofibbn'as fene>-'had a
Iff smindjinii^ht berffretched out without any! hurt j ’whfetwt Seb-
^^web^will^tibti bear p for when’yoti take that offifroirPtfie Avails,
it curls up together like- the rind o f’warm Mfconj sdtd4 s
like a thick thread; and &a^e spoflible to -be -ünfolded-abdve
:-!«■ once,,( and brought to'its former breadth-‘;"r<not -to-menj|on
*ftmany moie things',• in which it i differs.’’^ ‘So* far Happeliu^bf
Prafetorius. |
;■ Some, years .fince it was obferved in the diocefe of- Ghrifiianfend,
forifevferal miles- round, that, there ’ were ‘ ■ no: leases mffiWtfee^pak
trefcs,rthey wäre all confirmed, by a kind ofsfmalii-^V^bmsy -'-willch
were afterwards transformed into ’a-flying infe£t of-a'white-colOur.
Thefe,creatures were all blafted afterwards, and fell on the gröünd
ih.,fuch. heaps, | that it appeared like the cherry-tree* bloflpm
when it is blown, and falls on the ground.
' To the fenner clafs, or lome other; nearly -related to'it, one
might- perhaps refer thofe finall Worms- which are laid to fall with
tfhe fhow in the Spring- of the year; itHef ‘that* feldom happens
after;the trees have budded; for if it does, the young (flints
ufually decay. .
S E C T. VlflpJ
J / It isTkid that: in the Spring fometimes there falls down'With
the fiibw a ' fort of Worms larger, and more confpicuous : • thefe
are thick and lorigifh, of a dark colour, and they do much rnif-
ehief to the: greens;- and may be counted a plague,
. • Anno 16.84, which was a dry year, thefe were found in incredible
numbers, Twarming together ; and where-ever one took*the
moft painstotdefiroyrthem, they increafed the fafter!; they ’did
not hurt the corn,1 but. deftroy.ed all ’other kind - of green. ' In
the year 1709 the fame fwarm, which feemed an inftrument • in
the hand of'God, wa^ffodtched .ptifto deftroy „the cabbage, grafs,
hempv and ffa:k butfnotithel'lc.or'n, Riels'! they Teemed» to have*
orclers to leaves; for they ^V S ^ ilh u t^ t.'
k Thb' fevere ye'h'r, iif e l^ ftill frefe. in- bur memories; was -'remarkable
alfo for -thefe wbrnfei and for their leonfequerices, ‘. On
PalmTundaythey'-^ereTefen by ^people^as they were going
to church-, lying orr.the‘ fnpw,, and-’groping, forpthp earth-;
has been allured me .by Hr.4p2;®feffbr- Frich 3^bo* fent tq
me, living at, that time in Copenhagenri written, atteftatio$3i relating
to it,Wvhich I -{hewed- his late-majeffy^ngrGbriffian -thes
Vlth, who Was'defifgful of' kfidwingj-tKe originhof thefe worms^
b u | djid‘nbi|Wu.ch' credit" .that, atteftatipPp-though- fubfetibed by
federal farmers.in-Rygge Sj0g%.meat iMofs*,; p | | ’ ” <f *P
Hr.? juR'icekounfellor Dethardipg, then.'.preceptor of phyfick,
in the univerfityl of Copenhagen,. held immediately a - leffure, ,-ort
difputation, t-therepiiwhichi^ called Di/qUififlp-r.phyfifia >vef-
mi uni imNorvegia, qui nwiter vifi ,■ &c., wherein hip-, opinion, ig,,
th a t tjae) egga, of thefe woitns;- yshigh; had remained^’fiom bhe- laft
Summer ;inr*'tbe e r a c k s ^ d fen the bxanchea of r;Ehelfedjeining trees;
fell {from^th'enca' wiih the fhow, and n p | -fromvthe -air*;: and’particularly
he pakes-the ,pains^ in his excellent< met-hod;itd.-demon—
ftrateAthajt thefe ^drmfeare nattjiWcording to the pnblick nqtion|
anylthing. hew qr uncommon, or different fhaped ;vfor thsat;,^fter
he had. examined the make and j.form, of them sin a,;i^icr®fcope,
according-to the.plate annex’d, hfe(fqund*/'them, tq b;e-ep::'genere
erucarum, -or of. the common Caterpillar kind, rtwhich the vtrees
areffiiU enougbfeTibotb here and •, * &
He fhews that .they,-like thefe,- Myd-a-horriy-ffrelf on -the head,
fixteen feet, the fix .foremoft armed' with'fharp cl^w^fithe mtgtet
kinder on the, bodyl flat, to go upon, and two hiridmoft- qf all
placed by themfelves ; alfo, that they Were, in generaln fnfoeth,
tho’ a little hatryi in ornamental tufts, about the body.
- CiFhff:, fie /afferfe, that thefe erucae, like dtherrcbalmon Caterpillar^
change into the fo called Nymphas^ior- hid'e,^or cover
themfelves, a fhott time/ in a.rouridifh fhell, ahd bee<mie:in-
fenfible ; and then, that they come forth in the fhape offh butterfly.
The only thing, in-which they fhew any fenfibl^ difference
is, that thefe Korvegian worms Were, of a black eolbur, which
is like the fineft black velvet. This' dqldiir Hr. Dethatding is
of opinion they had received under the friow,. which Uncommon
confinement might.this year have effe£led feme-uncomraon change
ift their delicate bodies.
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