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Wings. No animal, except infefts, have more than two, 85. Thofe of infects made 

 the foundation of a methodical diftribution, 89. 



Wolf. His difpofitions are fierce and rapacious, 379,380. 



Women. Their texture more lax than that of man, 236. Their minds are likewife 

 more timid, ibid. Social intercourfe with them foftens the difpofitions of men, 237. 

 Modefty the great ornament of women, ibid. 23 8. Carnivorous quadrupeds not fo 

 apt to devour women as men, ibid. See multiplication, and fexes. 



Wood-ants, bee ants and termites. 



Woodpecker. Some account of it, 409. 



Worms. Account of thefe infedls, 99. Of the hair-worm, ibid. Of the earth-wormj 

 ibid. Rat-tailed worms, their mode of refpiring air, 119. In fome worms, the ra- 

 pidity of their growth is remarkable, 224. Account of the male and female glow- 

 worm, 241. Silk-worms fpin pods before their transformation into flies, 292. See 

 caterpillars. Inftances of feveral worms proceeding from one egg, 298. The plan- 

 ner in which the filk-worms fpin their cod or clue, 299. ■ 







