(i68) 
Tortoifes are AmphihioiUt I have found their Eggs by 
Ponds Sides, in great Quantities, they are without 51iejjs, 
like thofe in a Hens Belly ; our Dannes fcruple nfot to de 
them as Hens Eggs in Puddings. 
GrajhopperSy in dry Years, are a Plague to the Huf- 
bandmen : That on fome Iflands they have put Multi- 
tudes of Turkeys to deftroy them ; they are prodigious 
in Quantity, of a Grey Colour, and about Three Inches 
long in July become Volant, and have a kind of Regi- 
mental Difcipliae, and as it were, fbme Commanders, 
which fhew greater and more fplendid Wings than the 
^Commoners, and rife fir ft when they are purTued by the 
Fowls ^ or by the Foot of the Travelkr, which I have 
often ferioufly remarked. 
The Hum bird I have (hot with Sand, and had one 
fome Weeks in my keeping. I put a Straw for a Perch 
into a Venice Glafs Tumbler y ty'd over the Mouth with a 
Paper, in which I cut Holes for the Bird's Bill (about as 
•iong and as fmall as a Taylor's Needle) and laying the 
Glafs on one Side, fet a Drachm of Honey by it, w hich 
it foon fcented, and with its long Tongue put forth be- 
yond its Bill, fed daily ; it muted the Honey pure, and 
was a Profpeclto many Comers; it flew away atlaft. 
We have a Frog as big as a Penny Loafy its Cry's ex- 
aftly like a Bull. 
\ have examined the Clam, he hath a Plain Pipe or 
Prolojcisy from whence he ejefts Water, if compreffed. 
Bofton in Mew England^ 
Jan. 15.16 f^. 
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11. Pm 
