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PAEASITES. 



" a plague, 



The better fed, the longer kept." 



THERE is a certain destructive tribe of insects which may. 

 be seen everywhere ; and they may be seen not only now, but 

 at almost every season. 



The varied species of insects which compose this tribe 

 differ widely both in magnitude and in strength ; but they 

 are, one and all, according to their power, active, prying, 

 and destructive. They are specious in outward form, but 

 they are for ever watching opportunities to make breaches 

 in the citadel of life, that they may introduce therein, 

 sometimes a single assassin, sometimes a murderous host, 



