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reflecting upon a circumstance some- 

 what similar. The curled top made its 

 appearance among potatoes about thirty 

 year's ago ; and for several succeeding 

 ones the evil seemed to increase. The 

 cause MVSLS then, and still remains un- 

 known, though every possible exertion 

 has been made to discover it. It appear- 

 ed gradually, and got to such a height, 

 in about ten years, as to be truly alarm- 

 ing : from that period it seems to have 

 been upo nthe decline, so that now " the 

 " Testilence that walked in Darkness," ren- 

 derins: useless the efforts of human indus- 

 try, is subdued by that invisible Power 

 which " rides in the whirlwind and di- 

 " rects the storm."' 



Of the Larch insect, we may remark, 

 that it was by no means so prevalent last 

 summer, as in that preceding, nor is it in 

 the present, (1805 ;) I attribute this to 

 the seasons beino- more moist. It is ob- 

 servable, Ave have had no long fi'osts, of 



