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manner asthat of the Animalcula upon the Lime, Currant, 
Plumb and Hazel-nut Trees. , 
As for what the old Spaniard faid farther, that they 
ftifle the Cochineel Flies with Smoak-asfooa as they have 
got Wings, becaufe then the Cochined is better ^ this is 
not ftrange at all, becaufe when the faid FHes are ar- 
rived to their full growth, their Bodies are that time 
moft full of Eggs 5 from whence in my opinion n chiefly 
derived that noble colour of Scarlet^ notvvithftanding 
which, I muft needs afBrm, that moft of thefe Cccbinte] 
Kies (as far as I could obferve) are kiil'd or fmother'd 
before they come to their full growth. 
Methinksit is odd, tb^t the Spamard ^qu\A v^ot tdl 
us whether they gather the Cochineel once or twice a 
year, the rather becaufe the Iflands of Cuba, HifpmioU 
and Jamaica^ from whence itmoftly comes, in compari- 
fon of our Countries, have little or no Winter 5 for 
thofe Iflands lying between 18 and 23 degrees of R 
Lat. the Sun, in their Wiitcr is 46 degrees above the 
Horizon, whereas with us at the fame time it is but 14 
degrees and a half above the Horizon. 
If we had as much Summer as the aforefaid Iflands, the 
Animalcula which we call a fort of Lou(e,would fo great- 
ly endamage the Currant Trees with their Filth,that there 
would be no eating of the Fruit, and yet^ according to 
all appearance, the Cochineel Flies are more Prolifick 
than the Animalcula upon the Currant Trees. 
The Cochineel Flies, in all appearance, do dwell open 
the back or underfideof the Leaves, which defend them 
from the great heat of the Sun in thofe parts 5 and ds the 
Smoak can't deftroy all thofe Flies, the few that remain 
do multiply very much in a fhort time, 
I had got about a Spoonful of Powder or Duft, toge- 
ther with f6rae Sands out of the Cochined Box, and 
found that that which appeared to be nothing but Duff, 
was abundance of very fmall Cochineel Flies^ and fome of 
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