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are rendered uninhabitable by the mul- 

 titude of thefe infedts, until the trees 

 are cut down, and the wind has free 

 accefs ; upon which they retire farther 

 to the woods. In thefe places they ap- 

 pear like clouds, filling the air with a 

 buzzing noife, and their bite is ex- 

 tremely painful. When the Indians or 

 White Inhabitants are obliged to fleep 

 in thefe places, which fometimes hap- 

 pens in travelling, or fifhing on the fea- 

 fhore, they make a great fmoak under 

 their hammocks, in which they wrap 

 themfelves all over, and think them- 

 felves happy in enduring the trouble of 

 being aim oft fuffocated, to avoid being 

 devoured by thefe infeds. 



Caterpillars are here ex- 

 tremely numerous and various ; but I 

 fhall not enter into a particular defcrip- 

 tion of them. 



The 



