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without any diminution at either extremity < 

 indented or ribbed round at equal diftances, 

 nearly a quarter of an inch from each other, 

 and having at every one of thefe divifions, a 

 pair of feet or claws, by which it fattens itfelf 

 to the plant. Its mouth, like that of the ca- 

 terpillar, is placed under the fore-part of 

 the head. On the top of the head, between 

 the eyes, grows a horn about half an inch 

 in length, and greatly refembling a thorn ; 

 the extreme part of which is in colour 

 brown, of a firm texture, and fharp pointed. 

 By this horn, as before obferved, it is ufually 

 plucked from the leaf. It is eafily crufhed, 

 being only, to appearance, a compofition of 

 green juice inclofed by a membranous co- 

 vering, without the internal parts of an ani- 

 mated being. The colour of its fkin is in 

 general green, interfperfed with fpots of a 

 yellowifh white ; and the whole covered 

 with a fhort hair fcarcely to be difcerned. 

 To preferve the planter from the ravages of 

 an infect fo deftrudive to his plantation, as 



he 



