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bably there are Veins in every String for the carrying on 
the Circulation of the Blood, how can we fufficiently ad- 
mire the Depth of Almighty Wifdom, and how iinfcru- 
table are all his Works? 
I muftnotomitto acquaint you, that the Shape of the 
Eggs of the Cochineel-Fly, is very like that of our 
Hen- Eggs. 
When I caft my Eye upon fome of thefe Embryos, af- 
ter I had devefl:ed them of the Membrane or Shell in 
which they were fhut up, I obferv'd on their Head, a 
kind of a Tool or Inftrument, about a fifth part as long 
as the whole Body of the Animalculumi and ac the end 
thereof a very flender point, fomething like thnt fnftrn- 
ment which Nature hath provided thofe Animalcula with, 
that are found upon Currant Bufties, d>c. an<^ bv which 
they get their Food (according to the Defcriptiorrs I have 
given thereof formerly) and when th^y have lb done, 
they clap it to their Breafts till they have occafion for it 
again. 
From whence I infer that the Cochineel Flies do alfo 
acquire their Food after the fame manner, to wit, that 
they have no Teeth whereby co gnaw the Leaves ct the 
Plant they dwell on, as Silk- Worms do, but /hat t ry 
only iofinuate their faid Inftruraent into the Leaves, i d 
after that manner get their nouriftiment. This nvitian of 
miUQ (eems to be fupportea by what the old Spaniard 
{zid^vjz* that thefe Anim^^i'cula feed ; n the BloOoms^^nd 
Fruits of the Plant, and chat by thofe raeaqs tbey be- 
came red. 
From whence we may conclude, that the Infefts don*t 
hurt the Leaves, Fruif s, nor eve;. the SlofToms of Trees, 
as far as we can dilcover, which may alfo the better 
fatisfy us, that the Cochineel Flies, with the above- 
mention'd Inftrument, by boring into the Leaves, ac- 
quire both their Food and Increafe, 
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