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nuted them both : one of them was fifteen 

 and the other twenty minutes, from the firft 

 vifibleact to the final exclufion, namely, about 

 ten minutes in making the perforation, and 

 the reft of the time in refting, and in the la* 

 bour of extricating themfelves. 



I am clearly of opinion, neverthelefs, that 

 the moiflure, abovementipned, affifts them, 

 materially in the operation, by refolving the 

 coat of the nidus into a jelly-like matter, foft 

 and inviting to the infant tooth ; for ont 

 which, on being placed in a hot fun, began to 

 make the perforation before the coat had fuffi- 

 ciently received its femi-diflblution ; that is, 

 before the livid patch was large enough; could 

 not extricate itfelf, but {tuck with its fore- 

 head out ; while its tentacula, and fore legs, 

 were bound in by a part of the coat, dill 

 green and rigid ; and it died in this ftate, 



130. 



SEPT. IT. The Midfummer Jhoot of the 

 oak, this year, has been more obvious than I 

 recolledl to havefcen it. It has, however, lap^, 

 prehend, been made much later than ufual : it 

 was not obvioufiy general until the beginning 

 of Auguft. Many oaks have Ihot upwards 

 of a foot in length. 



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