124 ^^^ Wisdom of GOD Parti. 



foon after their Exclufion for want of Food, and 

 fo their Numbers continually decreafing, the 

 whole Species ina few Years would be in Danger 

 to be loit : Whereas no fuch thing, I dare fay, 

 hath happened fince the firft Creation. 



It is here very remarkable, that thofe Infeds, 

 for whofe Young Nature hath not made Provi- 

 vilion of fufficient Suftenance, do themfelves ga- 

 ther and lay up in ftore for them. So for Ex- 

 ample: The Bee, the proper Food of whofe 

 * Eulas is Honey, or perchance £r/- 

 ^» Bee-Mag- ^j^^^^^ ^^j^j^j^ we englifh B^^-£r^^^) 



neither of which Viands being any 

 where to be found amafs'd by Nature in Quan- 

 tity fufficient for their Maintenance, doth her- 

 felf with unwearied Diligence and Induftry, fly- 

 ing from Flower to Flower, colled: and treafure 

 them up. 



To thefe I fhall now add an Obfervation of 

 Mr. Lewenhoeck's, concerning the fudden Growth 

 of fome forts of Infeds, and the Reafon of it. - 



It is (faith he) a wonderful Thing, and wor- 

 thy the Obfervation, in Flefh-Flies, that a Fly- 

 Maggot, in five Days fpace after it is hatch'd, 

 arrives at its full Growth and perfed Magni- 

 tude. For if to the perfeding of it there were 

 required, fuppofe a Month's time or more, (as 

 in fome other Maggots is needful) it is impof- 

 fible that about the Summer-Solftice any fuch 

 Flies fhou'd be produced, becaufe the Fly-Mag- 

 gots have no Ability to fearch out any other 

 Food than that wherein they are placed by their 

 Dams. Now this Food, fuppofe it be Flefh;, Fifli, 



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