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ing hid in feme hollow Tree or other Latibu- 

 /urn-,] becaufe then, and not till then, Pears, 

 Plumbs, and other Fruit, defign'd principally 

 for their Food, begin to ripen. 



The Third is mine own, That all Infedts 

 which do not themfelves feed their Young, nor 

 treafure up Provifion in Store for their Sufte- 

 nance, lay their Eggs in fuch Places as are moft 

 convenient for their Exclufion, and where, when 

 hatch'd, their proper Food is ready for them: 

 So, for Example, we fee two Sorts of white 

 Butterfies - faftening their Eggs to Cabbage- 

 Leaves, becaufe they are fit Aliment for the Cat- 

 terpillers that come of them ; whereas fhould 

 they affix them to the Leaves of a Plant impro- 

 per for their Food, fuch Catterpillers mull needs 

 be loft, they chuling rather to die than to tafte 

 of fuch Plants ; for that Kind of Infc6l (I mean 

 Catterpillers) hath a nice and delicate Palate, 

 fome of them feeding only upon one particular 

 Species of Plant, others on divers indeed, but 

 thofe of the fame Nature and Quality ; utterly 

 refufing them of a contrary. Like Inftances 

 might be produced in the other Tribes of In- 

 fed:s y it being perpetual in all, if not hindered 

 or imprifon'd, eledlively to lay their Eggs in 

 Places where they are feldom loft or mifcarry, 

 and where they have a Supply of Nourifhment 

 for their Young fo foon as they are hatch'd, and 

 need it : Whereas fhould they fcatter them care- 

 lefly and indifferently in any Place, the greatcft 

 Part of the Young would in all likelihood perifli 



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