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good or no, as I have not tried them; but 

 by repeated trials I have been convinced 

 thatfulphur, if it be properly employed, en- 

 tirely deftroys bugs and their eggs in beds 

 and walls, though they were ten times more 

 numerous than the ants in an ant-hill*. 



The Mill-beetles y or Cock-roaches, are 

 likewife a plague of North America, and are 

 fettled in many of its provinces. The 

 learned Dr. Colden was of opinion that 

 thefe infects were properly natives of the 

 Weft Indies, and that thofe that were founc* 

 in North America were brought over from 

 thofe iilands. To confirm his opinion, he 

 faid, that it was yet daily feen how the 

 mips coming with goods from the Weft In* 

 dies to North America brought mUl-beetles 

 with them in great numbers. But from 

 the obfervations which I have made in this 

 Country, 1 have reafon to believe that thefe 

 infects have been on the continent of North 

 America fince time immemorial. Yet not- 

 withstanding this I do not deny their being 

 brought over from the Weft Indies, They 

 are in almofl every houfe in the city of 

 New Tork ; and thofe are undoubtedly 

 come over with mips. But bow can that 



be 



* A ftill more infallible remedy, is to wa(h all the 

 furniture, infefted with that vermin, with a folution of 

 jarfenjc. F. 



