To what I have faid refpecfting this animal I fhall 

 beg leave to add the lines of Serenus, as an attempt 

 towards difcovering an apparent intention of provi- 

 dence in permitting the frequency of fuch unpleafing 

 animals. 



" Noxia corporibus quasdam de corpore noftro 

 Produxit natura, volens abrumpere fomnos 

 Senfibus, et monitis vigiles inducere curas." 



See nature, kindly provident, ordain 

 Her gentle ftimulants to harmlefs pain ; 

 Left man, the flave of reft, Ihould wafte away 

 In torpid flumbcr life's important day ! 



Nor can I omit the obfervation of Linnaeus oii 

 this fubjed, who, feemingly anxious to become an 

 apologift for the Loufe, has gravely obferved that it 

 probably preferves children who are troubled with 

 it, from a variety of complaints to which they would 

 otherwife be liable ! ! ! 



