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coat, which muft be caft before the infed can arrive at it's perfedt 
ftate y ; from whence 1 fliould fuppofe that the old ones of lafl: 
year do not always furvive the winter. IwAuguJl their holes begin 
to be obliterated, and the infeds are feen no more till fpring. 
Not many fummers ago I endeavoured to tranfplant a colony 
to the terrace in my garden, by boring deep holes in the floping 
turf. The new inhabitants fhayed fome time, and fed and fung ; 
but wandered away by degrees, and were heard at a farther dif- 
tance every morning ; fo that it appears that on this emergency 
they made ufe of their wings in attempting to return to the fpot 
from which they were taken. 
One of thefe crickets, when confined in a paper cage and fet 
in the fun, and fupplied with plants moiftened with water, will 
feed and thrive, and become fo merry and loud as to be irkfome 
in the fame room where a perfon is fitting : if the plants are not 
wetted it will die. 
y We have obferved that they caft tl:efe fkins in April, which are then feen lying at the 
mouths of their holes. 
LETTER 
