Flinics Naturall Hiftorie. 329 



A Chap. xxXi, 



- of Indian Pifmim, 



IN the temple of Bercuks at Erythrce, there were to bee iecne the homes of a certairie tiiciiail 

 Ant, which were there fee up and fattened fora wonder topOtteritie. In thccountrcyofthe 

 Northerne Indians named DardsCjthe Ants doc caft up gold above ground from out of the 

 holes and mines within the earth : thele are in colour like to cats, and as big as the ^wolves of *ot Fozes. 

 ^gypt.This gold bef orefaid which they worke up in the winter timc^the Indians do fteale from 

 them in the extreame heat of Summer, waiting their opportunitie, when the Pifiuires lie clofe 

 within their caves under the ground/rom thef)arching Sun : yet not without great daunger.For 

 g if they happen to wind them and catch their fent, out they goe, and follow after them in great 

 haft : and with fuch furie they flie upon them^that oftentimes they teare them in peeces;Iet them 

 make way as faft as they can upon their mofifwiftCamcis^yet they are not able to fave them. So 

 fleet of pace/o fierce of courage are they^to recover gold that they love fo well. 



Chap, xxxii. 

 "^Thediverjegenerationof fomeipfe5is, 



MAny InfecSls there be that breed after another fortjthan the former above (pecified : and 

 principally of dew, which fetlcth upon the Radil"h leafein the beginning ot Spring. For 

 ^ being made thicke, and hardened with the heat oftheSunne, it groweth to the bignelTe 



of the graine of Millet. From it arifeth a little grub, and three daies after it becommeth a kind 

 of canker-worme : andfo in procefTe and tra(5t of time it groweth bigger without mooving at 

 all, and gathered an hard huske or cafe about her-.onelyif a man touch the webbiepanicies^ 

 wherein the faid worme lieth enwrapped jit will feeme to ftir . This is called Ch ryfaiis ; and aftet 

 fome time.when the kex or huske is brokenjhe proveth a faire flyingbutter- file. 



Chap, xxxiii. 



^ of InfcBs that breedinmod^andof wood, 



p ^ EmblablVj there be fome Infers engendred of raine drops ftanding upon the earth, and 

 pothers alio in wood. For not onely the ordinarie wood- wonues breed in timbetj but alio 

 certaineBreesandHorfe-fliescomeof it, yea, and other fuch like^whenfoever the wood is 

 dotted with overmuch moifture. Like as within one of our bodies there have been found broad 

 wormcs,of thirtiefootin length,yea,and fometimeswith the vantage. Alfo therehavc benfeeti 

 in dead carious many wormes : and the very fleih of men whiles they be alivejisapt to breed fuch 

 vermine : and fo is the haire of the head to harbour lice; of which filthie and iothfome creatures, 

 both SylU the Di6latour,and alfo L^lcmaf7'(onQ ofthe moft renowmed Greekc Poets)perifhed. 

 Moreover, birds arc much infefted and troubled therewith. And as for Feafants, they will die 

 therofjunlefle they beftrew themfelves with duft.Of fuch beafts as carie hairc^it is verily thought 



£ ihatthe Afle alone and Shecpe are free from this kind of vermine. Some kind of cloth iikewife 

 is apt to engender lice,& efpecialiy thofe which are made ofwooll,that Sheepe bare which were 

 worried of VVolvcs.Over and bcfides,! find in fome writers^That there is fome water will engen- 

 der this vcrminCjif we doebut wafhtherein.For even in waxe there will breed mitesjbut fuch ars 

 thought to be of all creatures that have life.the very leaft. Alfo,yc fhall have others again engen- 

 der ot filthic drie dufl, namely, fleas, which ufe to skip and hop with their hinder feet luftily like 

 thele tumblers and vautours.Laft pf all jthere be that come of a certainemoift powder in cranies 

 of the ground^and thofe be our ordinarie little flies.' 



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Chap, xxxiiii. 

 ^ of one kind of cremrethat hath no fafage to 'void excrements. 



Here is a creature asfouleandillfavouredas the reft, which hath evermore the head fafl 

 flicking within the skin of abeaft, and fo by fucking of bloudliveth, and fwelleth withall. 

 The onlyliving creature of all other that hath no way at all to rid excrements out of the 



Ffiij - - bodies 



