top-margin annotation (a) Prophesied that Culicidae wd be rare on account of vast number of Empitae, & these abounded because Water-beetles sick & very rare
from End Note 1 annotation p26; p.28 very good; Struggle for existence
lines 9—30 score
lines 9—30 annotation (a)
lines 32—35 score
line 34 annotation (b)
bottom-margin annotation (B) Land-shells devoured by Mice — one kind protected by Carduus — like plants on commons by Thorns — Beans on shells in islands, where no mice, lately exterminated →