jo December 1748. 



huts; and a ftranger can hardly lie down 

 and fhut his eyes, but he is in danger of 

 being either fquezed to death, or ftifled by 

 a dozen or more dogs, which lie round 

 him, and upon him, in order to have 

 a good refting place. For I imagine they 

 do not expect that Grangers will venture to 

 beat them or throw them off, as their ma- 

 ilers and miftreffes commonly do. 



The noify Crickets (Gryllus dome fit cits) 

 which are fometimes to be met with in the 

 houfes in Sweden, I have not perceived in 

 any part of Penfyhania or New Jerjey, and 

 other people whom I have afked, could 

 not fay that they had ever feen any. In 

 fummer there are a kind of black Crickets* 

 in the fields, which make exactly the fame 

 chirping noife as our houfe crickets. But 

 they keep only to the fields, and were 

 iilent as foon as winter or the cold weather 

 came on, They fay it fometimes happens 

 that thefe field crickets take refuge in 

 houfes, and chirp continually there, whilft. 

 it is warm weather, or whilft the rooms 

 are warm ; but as foon as it grows cold 

 they are filent. In fome parts of the pro- 

 vince of New Tork, and in Canada, every 



farm- 



* Perhaps it Is the Gryllus eampejlris, or comrnos 

 black field cricket of Europe, of which Roc/el in his work, 

 on infects, vol. 2, Gryll. f. 13. has given a fine draw- 

 ing. F. 



