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I have feveral times repeated; fo that if the coat 

 be not water-proof, it muft in this time be in- 

 jured, and the animal drowned. 



Searched for it this morning (Mr. Parkin fon 

 prefent) ; found it intire, and the coat as firm 

 and as tough as parchment, notwithftandingthc 

 mould round it was in a flate of mortar." Put 

 it into a glafs of water to warn off the loofe 

 mould : the chryfaline coat now Ihewed itfdf 

 of a delicate filky texture, and of a cylindri- 

 cal form ; rounded at both ends, which were 

 perfectly clofed and exactly alike. With Come 

 difficulty (occafioned by its toughnefs and 

 tightnefs) I made a breach at one end ; and 

 found the animal perfectly alive, perfectly dry, 

 and of a healthy appearance. 



The feafon being now far fpent, I defpair of 

 feeing any of the chryfalifes come to the fly- 

 flate this autumn ; their prefent flate is this : 



That laid up in the fold of a turnep-leaf the 

 fourth of Auguft, ftill retains its plumpnefs 

 and curvature; and ftill, I apprehend, 'retains 

 its chryfalis life. 



Of the fix laid up the fifteenth of Auguft 

 among mo'uld, four now remain fixed to the 

 bottom of the box. On feparating one of 

 them, I find the coat very tender and fomewhat 



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