^ Utter fpoil. Like wife therche infinite Bum- 
bcrsof 7*%^ hanging upda the buflies in 
ftitnnocr tioic that will cleiive to a mans 
garments and creep into his Breeches eating 
themfclves iff WChort time in*q the very fitfti 
of aman. 1 have (cea the ftbckins of thofc 
that have gone through the Md^s cove- 
red with them. Befides thefe there is a 
Bug^ but whether it be a Native to tht 
Countrie or a ftrangcr I cannot fay; Sortie 
^re of opinion that they arc brought in by 
the Merchant with Spanifli goods, they in- 
feft our beds naofl, all day they ^hidc thcm- 
felves, but when night conies they will 
creep to the flceping wretch and bite him 
worfc than a flea, which raifeth a fwelling 
knub that will itch intoijprably , iF you 
(cratch it waxeth bigger knd growes to a 
fcab i and if you chance to break one of 
the Bugs it will ftink odioully : they call 
them ChiHchef pT Wood-lkey they are fat^red 
and in (hspe lik:c a Tij^e and no bigger. 
There arc alfo Palmer-woims which is a 
kind of Catterpillcr, thefe feme years will 
devour the leaves of Trees leaving them as 
niked almoft as in winter, they do much 
harm in the EngUp Oichards. Of Smlls 
there are but few, and thofe very little one?, 
they lye at the Roots of long grafs in moift 
places, and are no wheic elfe to be found, 
I 3 Spf, 
