L'ONGllKGATION QV .\lOTHSr. 



2m 



Our native <iiii(lrs w isIkmI us to proceed and 

 join tlie tribe ; Imf ilay lisid so Wiv iidvaiieed, 

 that it was tlioiig'lit more advisable to return, be- 

 cause it was doubtful, as tlie blacks removed 

 from a mm, as h&Si «l^red it M the 



iusfee^s,. Whe^te we should find them at the next 

 group, or removed to others still fnrtlier di-^tant. 



From tlie result of my observations, it a|t]><'ars 

 that the insects are only found in such niuiti- 



of gramfe i for $kmi a^et wcSii^^smit^ 



tocks^ so profusely scattered over the ral^^ I 

 did not observe a single moth, or even the re- 

 mains of one. Why they should be confined 

 only to these particular places^ or fee wba^ |^U£^ 

 pose ^k&y thus collect tog^l^er, hmi^% Im ^od- 

 ous than interesting subject of inquiry. Wliether 

 it be for the purpose of eniip:ratiniT, or any other 

 cause, our present knowledge cannot satisfactorily 

 answer.* The view fbom this second group was 



* Captain Cook mentions, that at Tliirsty Sound, on tlie 

 coast of New Soutli W&les, he faimd an ina^ible tittnaber 



of butterflies ; sa tluit, for tlie space of tlrree or fljur acres, 

 the air was so crowded with tliem, tliat millions wt:rc to be 

 lU l^ety dit^ctiitii; U ^« «iuae ^tm thftC ^fiitf hmaiM 

 and twig was covered with others that ^yvrc not upon the 

 wing : and Captain King observes, (^Survejf' of the Coasts of 



$» 4t «ver;ir other plaee ikat w« had landed upon withm iHas 



