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the egg, in which is contained the rudinfient 

 of the f.(StU5 may be fecundated -, for with* 

 out foecundation all eggs are unfit to produce 

 an offspring. 



Foxe^ and wolves^ ftruck with thefe flings, 

 every where howl in the woods ; crowds of 

 dogs follow the female ; bulls fhew a terrible 

 countenance, and very different from that of 

 oxen. Stags every year have new horns, which 

 they lofe after rutting time* Birds look more 

 beautifuU than ordinary, and warble all day 

 long through lafcivioufnefs. Thus fmall birds 

 labour to outfmg one another, and cocks to 

 outcrow. Peacocks fpread forth again their 

 gay, and glorious trains. FifJoes gather to- 

 gether, and exult in the water ; ^^nd grajhop-- 

 prs chirp, and pipe as it were, amongft the 

 herbs. The ants gather again into colonies, 

 and repair to their citadels ^. I pafs over many 

 other particulars, which this fubjedt affords, to 

 avoid prolixity. 



? See this fubjedl treated with great fpirit in Thom- 

 fon*s Spring and in Virgil's Georgics. 



§. II. 



