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with the Sumach, or Rhus glabra, and 

 with black-berry buihes, fo that there the 

 cattle could find very little or no food. 

 The corn fields were broad-cajiy or divided 

 into pieces, which were near feventeen 

 feet broad, and feparated from each other 

 only by means of furrows. Thefe pieces 

 were uniform, and not elevated in the mid- 

 dle. 



Meloe majdUs-, a fpecies of oil-beetle, 

 crept about on the hills. 



Papilio Antiopa, or willow butterfly* 

 flew in the woods to-day, and was the 

 firft butterfly which I faw this year. 



Papilio Euphrofyne, or the April but- 

 terfly, was one of the fcarce fpecies. The 

 other American infect, which I defcribed 

 this day and the following days, I {hall 

 mention on fome other occafion. In the 

 fequel I mail only mention thofe which 

 were remarkable for fome peculiar qualities. 



The hay-flacks were commonly made 

 here after the Swedi/h manner, that is, in 

 the fhape of a thick and fliort cone, with- 

 out any cover over it. When the people 

 wanted any hay, they cut fome of it loofe, 

 by a peculiar fort of a knife. However, 

 many people, efpecially in the environs of 

 Philadelphia, had hay-ftacks with roofs 

 which could be moved up and down. 



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