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rcntly had belonged to mai^gots of the fame fpecies, ^vhence I con- 

 cluded, that during tlieir gro'.vth, thefe maggots change tlieir flvins 

 in like manner as filk worms are obl'erved to do. 



I alfo found in thefe nuts, two flying infects of dilierent kinds, 

 but tliey, as well as the maggots, notwithltanding all the care I could 

 take, foon died, whence I was more convinced that the maggots which 

 feed on the Nutmeg are not natives of thefe regions, and I do not 

 doubt, tiiat if the \\ arehoufes in Tnd'a, where Nutmegs are .kept, 

 were to be well fimiigated with fulphur, once a month, (for if this is 

 done only once, thole infeiis which are at that time alive may be 

 killed, but the minute maggots inclofed in the eggs will efcajie un- 

 hurt, and therefore tlie fumigation mufl be repeated) by this 

 operation the Nutmegs would, in a great meafure, be i^referved 

 from damage. And I alfo think, that it would be very proper to 

 fumigate tlie holds of the fliips with fulphur, by which means thefe 

 maggots, and thofe whofe nature it is to perforate and feed on tim- 

 ber ; alfo, tlie infects called cock roaches, tb.e millepedes, or tliou- 

 I'and legs, and even mice, which hide themfelves in the holds of fliips, 

 muft be all deftroyed. 



1 endeavoured, tliree feveral times, to caufe the Nutmepf to- 

 vegetate, but I had not the good fortune to fucceed ; \\ iiich, 

 I think, was partly owing to the lime with which the nuts had 

 been fprinkled, and partly to their being fo much dried, that in 

 many places they v.'ere cracked in the infide. In this my fearcii, how- 

 ever, after dilleft ing many nuts, I at length, with great pleafurc, not 

 only difcovered the plant, but fucceeded in taking it out of the nut. 

 The outer part of the leaves of this plant was formed with many 

 indentings and points in the manner of vine leaves and the leaves 

 themfelves were as large as I ever found in the feed of aiiy 

 tree v.hatever. Upon viewing thefe leaves by the microfcope, 

 I could fee the veins or velTels, lying in as regular order, as are to- 

 be feen by the naked eye in the full grown leaf of any tree. 



