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i 22. AUGUST 25. This morning, to my great fa- 



tisfa&ion, I at laft faw another female depofitt 



OF 



THE TURNEP and in a different direction to that in which I 

 had formerly feen them. The fly had her tail di- 

 rected towards me ^ -the only direction I could 

 fee her in. In this point of view I could not 

 fee her draw her fting, its edge being towards 

 rnc ; but faw the end of the cafe open, and, 

 at firft, Hand expanded ; but, as the inftru- 

 mcnt entered the edge of the turnep-leaf, 

 (which fhe ftrode) the fheath began to clofe; 

 and, having reached her f ulleft depth, became 

 entirely ihut. Having remained a while in 

 this poflure, fhe, with great deliberation, drew 

 out her inftrument ; and, having refheathed it, 

 {load motionlefs for fome tiroe, as if overcome 

 \vith fatigue. 



She was not lefs than iwo minutes in the 

 operation, owing, I believe, to the age and 

 ftuntednefs of the turnep. 



I faw her withdraw her inftrument very evi- 

 dently ; but, in the direction of my eye, it 

 appeared fingie ; whereas, in a fide-view, it 

 had appeared double. 



AUGUST 26. On Thurfday the twenty- firft, 

 gathered ten or twelve caterpillars, one or twa 

 vi them remarkably long, namely, iix-tenths or 



more, 



