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the BOT, whofe refidence fecms fixed in the 

 Jlomachy and in the interftices or folds, of which 

 the eggs arefaid to have been difcovered, upon 

 diffedion, is not at all unlike (in fhape and 

 make) the earth grub worm, fo Angularly 

 remarkable for its deftru6live havock upon the 

 roots of the ftrawberries in large plantations, 

 in the early part of the feafon, particularly in 

 dry fprings. They arc furniflied not only with 

 a complete pair of prominent tulks, that grow 

 horizontally from the head, having great power 

 of compreffion, and exceedingly iharp at the 

 point, but an infinity of legs fo minutely fine, 

 that even a momentary infpeftion will inftantly 

 remove every degree of furprife at their caufing 

 fuch excruciating pain upon a part fo exqui- 

 fitely irritable as the nervous coat with which 

 the internal membrane of the flomach is moft 

 delicately covered* 



The fecond fort are feen frequently adhering 

 to the redum, or internal part of the fundament, 

 in the adion of voiding the excrements; and 

 are often forced away with the cc ntents. To 

 give the reader a conception of thefe perfedly 

 clear. It is impoffible to communicate or re- 

 ceive a ftronger idea than a formation diredly 



midway 



