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no fufpicion of at the time of its bloflbming. At 

 that time I had remarked this fpecies to be pc. 

 culiarly beautiful and fiourifliing; but, on rub- 

 bing out the hulks, when I judged the feed to 

 be approaching to ripenefs, I found almoft every 

 feed-vcfTcl occupied by a foft fubftance, of a deep 

 yellow or orange colour, no ways refembling a 

 feed. On applying the microfcope, this fubftance 

 proved to be a congeries of animalcules; which, 

 being (hook out on a fheet of white paper, and 

 feparated from each other, difplayed the exact 

 fhape and motion of thofe infects which are often- 

 times found in hams and bacon, and which are 

 known among houfewives by the name of hop- 

 pers. The flies likewife, which thefe caterpilllars 

 produce, were found to be very like the hopper- 

 flies, only infinitely fmaller. 



I examined this grafs on many different foils 

 and (ituations, but it ftill prefented the fame ap- 

 pearance. This deterred me from any farther 

 attempts to collect it this feafon; as it had been 

 to no purpofe to have .gathered a large quantity 

 of draw, without the chance of obtaining fome 

 feed from it. 



Whether it is ufual for it to be infefted with 

 thefe infects in every feafon, I am not at prefent 



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