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good or no, as I have not tried them; but 

 by repeated trials I have been convinced 

 that iulphur, if it be properly employed, en- 

 tirely deftroys bugs and their eggs in beds 

 and walls, though they were ten times more 

 numerous than the ants in an ant-hill*. 



The Mill-beetles, or Cock-roaches, are 

 likewise a plague of North America, and are 

 fettled in many of its provinces. The 

 learned Dr. Co/den was of opinion that 

 thefe infedts were properly natives of the 

 Wejl Indies, and that thofe that were found 

 in North America were brought over from 

 thofe iflands. To confirm his opinion, he 

 (aid, that it was yet daily feen how the 

 fhips coming with goods from the Wejl In- 

 dies to North America brought mill- beetles 

 with them in great numbers. But from 

 the obfervations which I have made in this 

 country, 1 have reafon to believe that thefe 

 infects have been on the continent of North 

 Annrica iince time immemorial. Yet not- 

 withstanding this I do not deny their being 

 brought over from the Weft Ind:- They 

 are in almoft every houfe in the city of 

 Nezv York ; and thofe are undoubtedly 

 come over with fhips. But how can that 



be 



* A ftill more infallible remedy, is to warn all the 

 furniture, infe&ed wijh thai vermin, with a folation of 

 arfenic. F. 



