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The received idea, however, is, that the el- 122. 

 der is in its nature noxious to the animal. But *_ p 

 this I much doubt : indeed, the experiments PILLARS. 

 which 1 have made convince me that the idea 

 is erroneous. 



The evening before laft, I took fome frelh 

 elder-leaves, bruifed them between the hands, 

 broke them in the middle, and put them with 

 a caterpillar into a fmall tin-box ; {hutting it 

 up clofe with the cover. Yefterday morning, 

 it was as brifk as when it was put in. 



Yefterday, I took a turnep-leaf and whipped 

 it with a twig of elder, and afterwards prelTed 

 them together between the hands for fome fe- 

 conds, and then put the turnep-leaf into a box 

 of frefh-gathered caterpillars. This morning 

 nothing but the fibres were left, 



Among another parcel of caterpillars I put a 

 frefli-gathered turnep-leaf untouched .another 

 whipped, &c. with elder ; and a charlock-leaf alfo 

 frcfh-gathered. This morning the elder-leaf 

 was not only confiderably eaten, but qne of the 

 animals was repofing itfclf upon it, 



The leaf of charlock had only one perfora- 

 $ion : the untainted turnep-leaf had feveral. 



It fcems therefore evident that elder, fo far 



from being fatal to thefe animals, is not in any 



U 4 degree 



