LETTER LXXXIX. 



To THE Honourable Daines Barrington. 



" Far from all resort of mirth 

 Save the cricket on the hearth," 



Milton's // Penseroso. 



While many other insects must be sought after 

 In fields, and woods, and waters, the Grylhis domes- 



rioiuing under the Hanger. 



ticus, or house-cricket, resides altogether within our 



dwellings, intruding itself upon our notice whether 



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