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being drove with violence to the ground, or 

 other hard fubftances, with the lofs of their 

 farina, fo laborioufly obtained. 



Some have thought that an apiary near 

 the fea coqjl would be abundantly productive, 

 by reafon of the bees being fond of fea- 

 water. This point I have made obfervatiori 

 on, my refidence being only four miles from 

 the more, but could not perceive that the 

 bees mowed any fuch partiality, unlefs ne- 

 ceffitated by a long feafon of very hot and 

 dry weather. Nor did they much affecT: 

 the wild thyme that grew on the fand-hills 

 adjoining; nor are they fond of fait. 



CHAf. 



