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following yeer to be Caterpillers. 



'Tis endlefle to tell you \vhat the 

 curious Searchers into Natures pro- 

 dudions, have obferved of thefe 

 Worms and Flies : But yet I fhall 

 tell you what our Topje/fayts of the 

 Canker, or Palmer-worm, or Cater- 

 filler ; That wheras others content 

 themfelves to feed on particular 

 herbs or leaves (for moft think, thofe 

 very leaves that gave them life and 

 fhape, give them a particular feed- 

 ing and nourifhment, and that up- 

 on them they ufually abide;) yet 

 he obferves, that this is called a Pil- 

 grim or Palmer-worm , for his very 

 wandering life and various food ; 

 not con tenting himfelf( as others do) 

 with any certain place for his abode, 

 nor any certain kinde of herb or 

 flower for his feeding; but will 

 boldly and diibrderly wander up 

 and down, and not endure to be 

 kept to a diet, or fixt to a particular 

 place. 



Nay, 



