240 Of Mojfes, &c. Part It 
the moft 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 Berry s 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 Separated by a 
Searce 3 repeating, till the Berry s yield no more. Of this 
Pulp, Powder, or Heap of Mites, are formed little Balls, 
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 drycl, 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- 
Tri^N zc f ervatlons communicated by Dr. William Croon (a) from 
p. 363. ' Mr. Verity an Apothecary at Montpelier, and thofe of 
Wbid. Mt.Lyfter, (b) which illuftrate each other, 
p. 505?. To the Remarques above mention d,I Ihall add one more, 
which is, That as the Pulp or Powder, fo called, is a Clutter 
of fmall Animals : fo the Husk it felf is an Animal Body, 
as it were grafted on the Stock or Leaf, whereon it grows 3 
and fo converteth all the nourifhment kdexiveth thence 
(as Bread eaten is turnecf ¥0 Fkjhl) into its' 'own Animal 
Nature. And that the faid Husk is really an Animal Body, 
appears by that fetid fcent it gives, like that of Horns, Hair, 
and Jthe like, upon its being burnt. A property, which 
I find belonging to no Plant whatfoever, except to fome 
Sea-Plants, as in the following Seffion fhall be inftanced. 
So that, though in compliance with the Vulgar Opinion, I 
have placed it here, yet ought it to be treated of amongft 
Animals. 
Englijh KERMES BERRYS. Obferved, and fent by 
00 Phil. Martin Lyfter Efq;. Together with feveral Remarques, re- 
tranf. N.71. lating both to the Foreign kind, and to This, (c) This, 
7*2. 2 p. 4 *177*. he found upon the Plum, Vine, and feveral other Trees, ef- 
& 73- p. pecially the Cherry. The Husk, of a Chefnut colour, con- 
pafed with taining four or five Maggots of the Z?ee-kind, producing a 
n.8 7 . p . Bee lefs than an Ant^ together with a Pulp or Heap of 
5°5* Mites, 
