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compact manner. The body nearly white, and 124, 

 the head, except the eyes, alfo whitifh. 



SEPTEMBER. 7. This morning I find nvo 

 of the oldeft of the young caterpillars have 

 Ihed their exuvix ; having left them fixed to 

 the leaf of the ttirnep. What fuipriied me 

 much was, to find them of a deeper black than 

 they were before they caft their firil coatj 

 which had, within this day or two, become 

 blackilh; but this fecond coat is almoft a jetty 

 black. 



One of them feemed but juft difengnged 

 from its Hough; yet was remarkably lively, 

 and appeared to be feeding ; but, on touching 

 the leaf fomewhat roughly, it fell to the 

 ground. This fomewhat furprifed me : becaufe, 

 before they flied their coats, it was almoft im- 

 poflible to lhake them off. Small as it yet is, 

 however, it had activity enough to regain the 

 plant in lefs than ten minutes. 



They are now fix days old ; one of them 

 three-twentieths the other four-twentieths of 

 an inch long. 



125. 



SEPTEMBER 7. The feafons, during the laft SEASONS, 

 nine months, have been much behind the fun. 

 Autumn lafted until the middle of January ; 



Winter 



