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The Natural Aiftory of JAM AIC A. 
Seteeenees sic 
that the Indians drink their Afhes in Phyfick, bruife and mix them 
with Sugar and apply them to Ulcers and Cancers to fuppurate. It’s 
alfo faid they are given to kill Worms in Children. 
XX. Blatta major fufca. Tab. 237. Fig. 9, 10, 11, 12. Ravets les plas 
petits Rochef. ; 
Thefe are in every Part fmaller, brown, and perhaps the Young 
of the former. They are exprefs’d in their dittering Formsat Fig. 9, 10, 
1%, ana 12, day; 237. 
XXI. Gryllus Campeftris, Mouffet. p. 134. Raz, p. 167. Tab. 236. 6 Grillos 
de Gomara, cap. 69. : 
The Field Cricket. 
This is not an Inch long and pretty broad, it hath two half Inch long 
Antenna, two {mall globular Eyes, fix Legs, the hindermoft Pair being 
twice as long as the others, and prickly, all taking their Beginning 
from the Thorax, the Wings membranaccous, covering not half the Ad- 
domen, all of a brown Colour. The Abdomen is blackifh, having two 
fork’d Appendices, each one third Part of an Inch long ; of a light red- 
difh brown Colour, and two others coming out below them, longer, 
and of a darker brown Colour, and made like the Aztenne of But- 
terflies. 
They are very common in the Town Savazna, where they make 
Burroughs for themfelves, and a very great Noife all Night, 
i find this Cricket mention’d by Ligon, p. 65. who tells us, that in 
Barbados are Animals no bigger than Crickets, lying all Days in 
Holes and hollow Frees, making in the Night a Noife, and in Terra 
Auftralis incognita. Giros, ap. Purchas, p.1465. Lopez de Gomara fays, 
that they were found in Baskets amongft the other Provifions of the 
Indians. 
WH ass. LV. 
Of BEETLES. 
he es, major e fuco niger, fplendens. Tab. 237. Fig. 3. 
The large plain Scarabxus. 
This has a fmall Head, tho” as large it felf as the Top of ones Finger; 
the Thorax is pretty large, that and the Head make one third Part ofan 
Inch, and the Wings two Thirds more in Length. ’Tis about half 
as broad, as itisin Length, blackifh brown all Over, and fmooth. The 
Legs are fix, much about three quarters of an Inch long a-Piece, 
we d= with feveral Prickles, the Eyes very fmall and fpheerical. 
vies very Ordinarily flying about at Night making a very great 
Dorres are faid by an Anonymus Portugal of Brafile ap. Purcha 2 
to be found in that Guage : Snag ieee 
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