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pieces were uniform, and not elevated in the 

 middle. 



MELOE majalis, a fpecies of oil-beetle, crept 

 about on the hills. 



PAPILIO Antiopa, or willow butterfly, flew in 

 the woods to-day, and was the firft butterfly 

 which I faw this year. 



PAPILIO Eupbrofyne, or the April butterfly, 

 was one of the fcarce fpecies. The other Ame- 

 rican infedts, which I defcrihed this day and the 

 following days, I {hall mention on ibtne other 

 occafion. In the fequel I fliall only mention 

 thofe which were remarkable for forne peculiar 

 qualities. 



THE hay-flacks were commonly made here 

 after the Swtdi/b manner, that is, in the fhape 

 of a thick and fhort cone, without any cover over 

 it. When the people wanted any hay, they cut 

 fome of it loofe, by a peculiar fort of a knife. 

 However, many people, efpecially in the envi- 

 rons of Philadelphia, had hay-flacks with roofs 

 which could be moved up and down. Near the 

 furface of the ground were fome poles laid, on 

 which the hay was put, that the air may pafs 

 freely through it. I have mentioned before, that 

 the cattle have no {tables in winter or fummer, but 

 muft go in the open air, during the whole year. 

 However, in Philadelphia, and in a few other 

 places, I have feen that thofe people who made 

 life of the latter kind of hay-ftacks, viz. that with 

 rnoveable roofs, commonly had built them fo, 

 that the hay was put a fathom or two above the 

 ground, on a floor of boards, under which the 

 cattle could ftand in winter, when the weather 



was 



