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found in the greateft plenty here in 
bake-houfes ; particularly in the night, 
their ufual time of feeding. 
All thofe of the next genus, Mantis, 
are foreign ; fome of them are ex- 
tremely remarkable and curious, and 
from their particular lhape have been 
called Walking Leaves. They are 
found in the meadows, and on the 
leaves of plants and trees. The Grylli 
moftly refide in meadows and fields 
among the herbage. The mifchief 
done by the Blattae is nothing, com- 
pared with the ravages of fome of thofe, 
viz. 
an inch thick, they do an incredible deal of mif- 
chief. They gnaw linen, fheets, wood, paper, 
books, and in foort whatever comes in their 
way : they attack even the Aloes, the bitternefs 
of which keeps off all the other infects. 
Adanfon’s Voyage to Senegal, p. 296. 
