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of? they replied " of the intestines of a 

 " silkworm." 



Though I must not pretend to great skill 

 in entomology, yet I cannot say that I am 

 ignorant of that kind of knowledge : I may 

 now and then perhaps be able to furnish 

 you with a little information. 



The vast rains ceased with us much about 

 the same time as with you, and since we 

 have had delicate weather. jNIr. Barker, 

 who has measured the rain for more than 

 thirty years, says, in a late letter, that 

 more rain has fallen this year than in any 

 he ever attended to ; though, from Juft/ 

 1763 to January 17G4, more fell than in 

 any seven months of this year. 



