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unless really deserving of their attacks. The Pulex, or 

 flea, and Acarus, or mite, are also included in this order, 

 and are extremely troublesome. 



Although other slight benefits have been derived from 

 several genera, the insects of this order appear to be 

 most extensively employed as articles of food. 



It would be almost useless to mention any of the dis- 

 tinct and individual cases of this singular propensity ; 

 although they might be pointed at, among the most polish- 

 ed nations of Europe ; because they would be considered 

 perversions of taste, when the inhabitants of extensive 

 tracts of country offer themselves as examples. The 

 people of New Caledonia eat immense quantities of 

 spiders ; and all who have ever read of the Hottentots and 

 Esquimaux Indians, must have been disgusted with their 

 meals of lice. 



In the compilation of fhe above Tract, the system of 

 Linnaeus the Swede, has been followed, on account of its 

 conciseness, principally. The entomologist will at once 

 perceive, that 4 was prepared for the general reader, and 

 not for him who woulrl be satisfied only with the more 

 elaborate classifications of the great French naturalists. 



