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INSECTS. 



Linnaeus Syfi. Nat. Vol. I. P. 2, P. 533. 



Properties peculiar to Insects, and 

 the Chara&ers by which they are 



diftinguifhed from the other Clafied 

 of the Animal Kingdom. 



INSECTS are fmali animals, having 

 many feet, and breathing through pores 

 arranged along their fides. Their fkin 

 (with which they are covered as with i 

 eoat of mail) is of a hard or boney con- 

 fiftence. They are furnifhed with moveable 

 antennae, growing from the head, and 



A which 



