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(under the Pabnito) : ought not we to follow 

 nature, and to fupport flax as we do peafe, 

 efpecially in the open field, where it is apt to 

 be damaged by the wind, beat down by the 

 rain, and frequently rots while it is yet {land- 

 ing in the ground. I have feen that they put 

 flicks among the flax in Wingocker, and have 

 heard that the fame was pra&ifed at Wadjlcna 

 by the foreigners who live there, and work at 

 the cambrick manufacture. 



The lovers of infers find feveral very fcarce 

 beetles in the Spanijh flying fand : thefe are 

 Scarabxus typhaus, Tenebrio tnurlcatus, Meloe 

 majalis; and magnificent butter-flies, fuch as 

 Papilio rumina, and feveral others. 



The water requifite for the voyage to China 

 is, for the mofl part, fetched from this town by 

 our fhips, and it is certainly exceeding clear ; 

 but in time it becomes fo full of worms, 

 that they creep about in it as maggots in 

 cheefe : by boiling, it gets a brownifh colour, 

 and always maintains a bad tafte. In a coun- 

 try where lemons bear fuch a low price, it 

 might be tried, whether the growth of thefe 

 worms could not be flopped, by mixing the 

 water with lemon juice as foon as the veiTel is 



filled ; 



