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would be defirable to procure a good drawing 

 of it while alive, to have it directed, and to 

 obferve wherein it coincides with, or differs 

 from other animals nearly related to it, as the feal, 

 dolphin, &c. 



1 6. The feafons fliould be noticed, when dif- 

 ferent fpecies of fifh fpawn, and the rivers* 

 bays, fhoals, or fands they refort to for that 

 purpofe; what age they attain before they 

 fpawn, the food they eat, the age they live to 

 as accurately as poffible, the fize they acquire, 

 and the latitude wherein they are generally found ; 

 the method of catching them, and to what ufes 

 alfo they are applied when caught, and whether 

 they are efteemed wholefome food or the con- 

 trary. 



17. Which fpecies of moth or butterfly is 

 it, the caterpillar of which in China affords that 

 ftrong grey kind of filk, and how is it manu- 

 factured or wore ? 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 en- 

 tomology from the cenfure it is now branded 

 with, of being a mere curiofity void of any real 

 utility. 



18. Are the infects which are faid to collect 

 the Lac or Gummi Lacca from the Croton 

 lacciferum, Linn, bees, ants or wafps ? Are 

 they wild, or domeftic, and the property of cer- 

 tain perfons ? and how are they managed and 

 propagated ? Vid. feci. V. 18. 



19. Are there any rattle-fnakes in the Indies 

 or China, or in any part of the world befides 

 America ? 



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