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ing them, and to -what ufes alfo they are applied 

 when caught, and whether they are efteemed 

 wholefome food or the contrary ? 



17. Which fpecies of moth is it, the caterpillar 

 of which in China affords that ftrong grey kind of 

 filk, and how is it manufactured or wove? How 

 are thefe filkworms or caterpillars preferved, fed, 

 and managed ? The introduction of fuch a new 

 filk into England would be a ufeful acquifition, 

 and redeem entomology from the cenfure it is 

 now branded with, of being a mere curiofity void 

 of any real utility. 



18. Are there any rattle-fnakes in the Indies or 

 China, or in any part of the world befides Ame- 

 rica ? 



19. The various bundles of fwimming fea weeds 

 ought not to be neglected ; for befides the differ- 

 ent kinds of fuci they confift of, they generally 

 contain fmall crabs, fnrimps, or other fubmarine 

 infects or worms, fuch as the onifci, monoculi, 

 fometimes fhells and efcharse, fertularise, and other 

 corallines. 



20. The various animals inhabiting fhells de- 

 ferve invefligation, as there are probably new ge- 

 nera yet to be difcovered: it is not fully ascer- 

 tained whether the inhabitant of the paper-nautilus 

 be an animal really belonging to that fhell, or 

 only ufes it in the fame manner as fome crabs do 

 other fhells ; neither is it knov/n whether or no 

 the paper-nautilus animal, or the fepia, increafes 

 or enlarges it's fhell. Indeed the generation, and 

 general ceconomy of all the mollufca clafs are very 

 imperfectly known. 



21. Experi- 



