cannot be far from it, and will differ but 

 little in goodnefs from thofe that are per- 

 fectly fo. 



Having now given every inftrudion that 

 occurs to my memory relative to the cul- 

 ture of the plant, I fhall proceed, as pro- 

 pofed, fco defcribe the worm that infefts 

 it. It is of the horned fpecies, and appears 

 to be peculiar to this plant -, fo that in many 

 parts of America it is diftinguiflied by the 

 name of the Tobacco-Worm. In what 

 manner it is firft produced, or how propa- 

 gated, is uncertain ; but doubtlefs by the 

 fame inexplicable means that nature makes 

 ufe of to continue the exiftence of many 

 other claifes of this minute part of the cre- 

 ation. The firft time it is difcernible, is 

 when the plants have gained about half their 

 height : it then appears to be nearly as large 

 as a gnat $ foon after which it lengthens 

 into a worm, and by degrees increafes in 

 magnitude to the fize of a man's finger. In 

 fhape it is regular from its head to its tail, 



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