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of? they replied of the intestines of a 

 silkworm." 



Though I must not pretend to great skill 

 in entomology, yet I cannot say that I am 

 ignorant of that kind of knowledge : I may 

 now and then perhaps be able to furnish 

 you with a little information. 



The vast rains ceased with us much about 

 the same time as with you, and since we 

 . have had delicate weather. Mr. Barker, 

 who has measured the rain for more than 

 thirty years, says, in a late letter, that 

 more rain has fallen this year than in any 

 he ever attended to ; though, from Julj^ 

 1763 to January 1764, more fell than in 

 any seven months of this year. 



