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Letters ^Afr. R ay, 32! 
Appearance of an innumerable Mul- 
titude of fmall Frogs, covering the: 
Highway, I doubt not but had 
others, to whom the like Phsenome- 
non hath occurred, been as inquili- 
tive and obfervant as yourfelfj they 
might have found out whence they 
came forth. Had I received this Hi- 
flory before the lafl Edition of my 
Book of the Wifdom of God, ^Ci , 
I could have made good Ufe of it. 
Your Obfervations of the whole 
Procefs of the Generation of GnatSj 
from the Egg to their mature State, 
I fliould be glad to fee. I have leeri 
that Water Animalcule, out of which 
they immediately proceed, but never 
faw their Eggs, or where they lay 
them. It is not many Years fince 
I applied myfelf to the Oblervatidn 
and Search of Infects, in, order to 
compofe an Hiftory of them; but, 
Y no'vv ' 
