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LOUSE. 
Sirius, Sylla the dictator, and others, have died of 
this disorder. Quintus Serenus speaks thus of the 
latter. 
Sylla quoque infelix tali languore peresus 
Cormit, et foedo se vidit ab agmine vinci.” 
Great Sylla too tlie fatal scourge hath known j 
Slain by a host far mightier than his own ! 
To what I have said respecting this animal I 
shall beg leave to add the lines of Serenus, as an 
attempt towards discovering an apparent intention 
of providence in permitting the frequency of such 
unpleasing animals. 
Noxia corporibus qusedam de corpore nostro 
Produxit Natura, volens abrumpere somnos 
Sensibus, et monitis vigiles inducere curas.” 
See Nature, kindly provident, ordain i 
Her gentle stimulants to harmless pain; 
Lest Man, the slave of rest, should waste away 
In torpid slumber life’s important day ! 
Nor can I omit the observation of Linmeus on 
this subject, who, seemingly anxious to become 
an apologist for the Louse, has gravely observed 
that it probably preserves children who are trou- 
bled with it, from a variety of complaints to whicli 
they would otherwise be liable!!! 
The insects of this genus found on Quadrupeds 
and 'Birds maybe considered as almost equalling 
the number of the animals themselves ; since 
few of either division exist without one or more 
