$56 WORMS. 



WORM, SO singularly remarkable for its de-» 

 ^tructive havock upon the roots of the straw- 

 berries, in large plantations, in the early 

 part of the season, particularly in dry springs. 

 They are furnished not only with a complete 

 pair of prominent tusks, that grow horizon- 

 tally from the head, having great power of 

 compression, and exceedingly sharp at the 

 point, but an infinity of legs so minutely fine, 

 that even a momentary inspection will in- 

 stantly remove every degree of surprize at 

 their causing such excruciating pain upon a 

 part so exquisitely irritable as the nervous 

 coat with which the internal membrane of 

 the stomach is most delicately covered. 



The second sort are seen frequently ad- 

 hering to the rectum, or internal part of the 

 fundament, in the action of voiding the 

 excrements ; and are often forced away with 

 the contents. To give the reader a concep- 

 tion of these perfectly clear, it is impossible 

 to communicate or receive a stronger idea 

 than a formation directly midway between 

 a very small earthworm and the millepedes, 

 or woodlouse, partaking of the length of the 

 former, and the feet of the latter, extremely 



