jo December 1748. 



huts; and a ftranger can hardly lie down 

 and {hut 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 expedt that ftrangers will venture to 

 beat them or throw them off, as their ma- 

 fters and miftreffes commonly do. 



THE noify Crickets (Gryllm domefticus) 

 which are fometlmes to be met with in the 

 houfes in Sweden, I have not perceived in 

 any part of Penjyhania or New Jerfey, 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 

 filent 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 Torkj and in Canada, every 



farm- 



* Perhaps it is the Qryllus campcjtris, or common 

 Mack f eld cricket of Europe, of which Rocfel in his work 

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

 ing. F. 



