232 on the gooseberry caterlnllur. ^t'g- 28. 



pends, that you abstain fiom that too common piactice 

 (from -a mistaken idea) of taking by way of antidote, 

 a double allowance of spirituous liquors ; for one de- 

 vil Is not cast out by another j else is Satan's kingdom di- 

 vided. 



Therefore be admoniilied while working your lead to 

 use spirits sparingly, if at all 3 and instead of your usual 

 nips, take half a gill of sweet oil, which will be found a 

 great preservative to health. 



Now I writp unto you limners, and those who use the 

 pewter paints, that ye may take the above precautions ; 

 and in particular, that while you are studying your devices, 

 you do not hold your pencil in your mouths ; nor, as it 

 is too customary, to clean it with your mouths. 



I write unto you who have devoted yourselves martyrs 

 to .'ir Richard, that ye may look well to it, that old Sa- 

 turn by an untimely stroke of his fliarp scythe, does not 

 rob Sir Richard of his sacrifice. 



To you bachanalians, that the god you serve may not 

 be diflionoured, nor robbed of the glory which would be 

 iliortly due to him, were it not for the interposition of this 

 rapacious mineral. 



Lastly, I write unto you vinters, wine sellers, who 

 make use of this poison to disguise the acid of wine, that 

 you may consider the justice of your damnation, how 

 inevitable ! how aggravated I for it swiftly comes from 

 that hand which Is termed the avenger of blood, and lin- 

 gereth not. " Anti-Saturnus. 



Sir. To the Editor of the Bee, 



After reading the observations on the gooseberry cater- 

 pillar, in number 138, of the Bee, where it is said that 



