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ot that of producing the proper food or nidus of 

 the infc6l ? Thofe who find their after-grafs rot till 

 the autumnal watering, and fafe afterwards, might 

 probably be of opinion, that the embryo laid there 

 in the fummcr is then wafhed away or dcftroycd. 



With regard to thofe lands that are accounted 

 never fafe, if there is not fomething peculiar in the 

 foil or fituation, which allures or forces the infedl to 

 quit its abode at unufual feafons, it may be well 

 worth enquiring, whether, from the coarfenefs of 

 their nature, or for want of being fufficiently fed, 

 there is not fome grafs in thefe lands always left of 

 a fufficient length to fecure the eggs of the infed 

 above the reach of the water ? 



Such who adert that flowing water alone is the 

 caufe of the Rot, can have but little acquaintance 

 ■with the Somerfetfhire clays, and are diametrically 

 oppofite to thofe who find their worft land for rot- 

 ting cured by watering. Yet, may not the water 

 which produces this effedt be impregnated with 

 particles deflrudtive to the infe6l, or to the tender 

 germ which ferves for its food or nidus ? 



For folving another difficulty, " that no ewe 

 " ever rots- while fhe has^a lamb- by her fide," the 



gentlemen 



