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galleries that reach fome of them fix or feven yards feveral wayess! of 
the fame earth they do their nefts 5; fo that for fuch a diftance as that, 
they are not tobe perceiv’d, by any oftheir enemies,:and commonly, 
their Avenues go out amongft leaves, asmo&, or fome other Covert, 
; that they may not be perceiv’d ; but the moft of thefe are in the woods; 
| for we have deftroyed their nefts, and their galleries within doors {© 
} oftenyas they are weary of building, and fo quit the houle : I can fay 
nothing of thefe,but that they are the quickeftat their work of building, 
| of any little Creatures thatever! faw. Spiders we have,the beautifullett 
jand largeft that [have feen, andthe moft curious in their webs 5 they 
‘are not at all Poyfonous. te | | 
| One fort more ofthefe harmful Animals there are , which. we. call 
_ |Chegoess and thefe are fo little that you would hardly think them 
| ableto doany harmartall, and yet thefe willdo more mifchief thanthe: 
_| Ants, and ifthey were as numerous as harmful, there were no induring 
ofthem; theyareofa fhape, not much unlike aLoufe, but no bigger 
than a mitethat breeds in cheefe , his colour blewith: an Indiay has 
laid one ofthem, on a fheet of white paper, and with my fpectacles on 
Tcould:hardiy difcern him ¥ yet-this very little Enemy 5 can and will 
| do much mifthief to. mankind. — This vermine will get thorough your 
Stocken, andin a pore of yourskinyinfome part of your feet, com- 
monly under the nail ofyourtoes, and there make a habitation to lay 
| his off {pring,as big asa fmall Tare,or the bag of a Bee,which will caufe 
j you to.go very lame, and put youto much{marting pain. The Indian 
women have the beftskill totake them out, whichthey do by putting 
| ina {mall pointed pin or Needle, atthe holewhere he came in y-and 
winding the point aboutthebag , loofemhim from the flefh, and fo 
take him out. He is of a blewith colour, and is feen through the | 
skin; but the Négroes whofe skinsare of that colour ‘(Cornear it) ‘are 
janill cafe, for they cannot find where they are; by which means they 
are many of them very lame : fome ofthefe Chegoes are poyfonous, 
andafter they are taken out, the Orificein which they lay, will fefter | 
[and rankle-fora fortnight after they are gone.” Thave had ten taken 
out of my feet in a morning, by the moltunfortunate Yarico, an Tvdian 
woman. fics. 
Some kind of Animals more there are in the woods, which becaufe 
Isnever faw,1 cannot {peak their forms:: fome of them}: guefs are no 
-igger than Crickets; they lye allday in holes and hollow trees , 
and as foonasthe Sun isidown, they begin their tunes, which are 
neither finging nor crying, but the thrilleft voyces that ever I heard: 
|mothing:can be fo nearly refembl’d to it , as the mouths of ‘a ‘pack 
of fmail beagles ata diftance ; and fo-lively, and chirping thenoile ts, | 
|as nothing can: be more delightful tothe ears, if there were. not-too 
t fick hath no intermifiiontill morning, and: then 
oT had forgotten among my fithes to mention “Crabs; but bécaufe 
_| this kind % them live A As he land,I might very well overflip them, 
}and now bring them in, amongftthefé Animals : they are fmall Crabs, | 
fach as women fell by dozens in baskets in the ftrects, and of that 
}colourraw andalive, asthefe are boyl’d, which are of areddith —,. 
SStreris.- Ss 
