240 Of Mojfes, &c P a r t II. 
(a) Phil 
Trafif. N.2C 
the mod part of it, is a heap of fmall red Mites. And con- 
taineth alio, as is probable, one or more Maggots, which 
feed upon the Mites. 
The faid Juyce or Pulp (as it is called ) is made ufe of 
for the Confection of Alkermes, and other purpofes. For 
the Deyers ufe, the Berrys are fpread abroad upon Linnen, 
and to prevent heating, turned twice a day. When the 
Mites creep out and cover the Berrys, they are fprinkled 
with Vinegar, and rub'd a little, and fo feparated by a 
Searce 3 repeating, till the Berrys yield no more. Of this - 
Pulp, Powder, or Heap of Mites, are formed little Bah, 
and fo expofed to the Sun to dry. The ufe of the Vinegar, is 
to kill or weaken the Mites and Maggots, which other- 
wife would turn to little Flys ( rather Bees. ) The empty 
Husks, being wafhed with Wine and dry'd, are put up in 
Sacks, either alone, or with a quantity of powder in the 
middle. This Account I have drawn up out of the Ob- 
fervations communicated by Dr. William Croon (a) from 
P . 3^3. Mr. Ferny an Apothecary at Montpelier, and thofe of 
ajjbid. Mr.Lyfter, (b) which llluftrate each other, 
p. 505?, To the Remarque s above mention 'd,I (hall add one more, 
which is, That as the Pulp or Powder, fo called, is a Gutter 
of fmall Animals : fo the Husk it felf is an Animal Body, 
as it were grafted on the Stock or Leaf, whereon it grows 5 
and fo converteth all the nourifhment it deriveth thence 
( as Bread eaten is turned 
Nature. And that the faid Husk is really an Animal Boay, 
appears by that fcent it gives, like that of Horns, Hair, 
and the like, upon its being burnt. A property, which 
I find hfihatiging to no Plant whatfoever, except to fome 
Sea-Plants, as in the following Seftion ihsfltwaiflfen£€dt 
So that, though in compliance with the Vulgar Opinion, I 
hav^pj^csckk here, yet ought it to be treated of amongft 
Animals. 
EngliSh KERMES BERRYS. Obferved, and fent by 
( c ) Phil. Martin Lyfter Efq$. Together with feveral Remarques, re- 
Tranf. n .71. Jating both to the Foreign kind, and to This, (c) This, 
72 2 pf 2 177. he found upon the Plum, Vine, and feveral other Trees> ef- 
tf- 73. p- pecially the Cherry. The Husk, of a Chefnut colour, con- 
pared with taining four or five Maggots of the itee-kind, producing a 
w- 8 7- p- Bee lefs than an Ant ; together with a Pulp or Heap of 
5 ° 5 ^ Mites, 
