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brood are breaking forth from their cells, other* 

 remain ftill covered with a thin membrane, and 

 fome of the cells are found empty, at the fame 

 time. A good fpecimen of this toad is preferv- 

 cdin fpirits at the Britifli Mufeum. Vegetables 

 are propagated in various manners : the molt 

 general is by feed 5 but many by cuttings, flips, 

 Ihoots from their roots, &c. What I have ob- 

 ferved to be moft Angular is the tuft of leaves 

 of crown of the pine-apple (Ananas), which, 

 when taken from the fruit, and fet in a pot 

 of earth, takes root, and becomes a new plant: 

 and the early red lily, which bears roots at 

 every joint up the ftem that fupports the flower ; 

 thefe roots fall off in the autumn, fl:rike their 

 fibres into the ground, and will, in two or three 

 years, produce flowers. We know little of the 

 generation of minerals, they being hid from our 

 fight. 



Infeéls not only prey on one another, but 

 they can even catch birds, and devour them. 

 The great fpiders of America frequently tak« 

 Humming Birds in their webs. See Marianus'ç 

 Hiftory of Infefts. Flies will alfo deftroy flieep 



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