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becaufe I have l3€en told that in fome- other. Counties of of 
Euglandy which abo^fnd in large common Ploiigh’d-Field?, jO' 
and where Larks are commonly more numerous charr ! 
about us, they have had large Flights of Larks this pre- I tlis 
fent Winter But I have lately enquire Uof the I Mi 
LW<?»-Poulterers ^ and they tell me, they -have Larks I 
from alrnoft all Parts of England, and have not this fol- of 
lowing Year received a Quarter, nay, fcarce a Tenth 
j)art of the Larks they ufed to have,, by reafon the Frolic, & 
killed them, as the Bird-catcheis fay. n 
In the Ittfeci-Tribe^ I have particularly obferved the I s 
VcdicHlHi Vnlfatorhis , ot FaiidicHs, or Death Watch^ to be \\ 
great Sufferers. *Tis that Death-watch I mean, which there L 
IS the Hiftory given of in Phil> Tranf, No. 271 and 291. I, 
Vv^here I have taken notice of the great Precaution, and 1 
Art of that Infed, to fecure it (elf againCt the hard Wea- 
ther, in dry Places within Doors, under downy, light 
Dull:, Notwithftanding which, they feeia to have 
' been great Sufferers by the Froft. For few of them ap- 
peared the following Summery and in places where they 
ufed in July to be very fonorous with their Ticking Noife, 
only now and then one was heard ^ a manifeft fign of 
their being cither killed, or rendered lefs fertile and vc- | 
nefeous. r 
The Effe&s of the Froft on VegetableSi 
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But among- all the Sufferers by the Froft, the Vegetable t 
tvere the moft univerfal 5. few of the tender Sorts efcap- 
ing, to the great Dammage of the Owners. About us, 
Bays^ Rofemary^ Cyprejfes, Myrtles^ moft of the Vhillyreds^ 
yea, even Junipers^ among Shrubs y and Colly ^ 
Flowers, and a gre^t many other Olitory Plants fuffered 
greatly. In a word, fo great were the Dammages done 
among the Gardens, that by Enquiries made on purpofe 
amoog the London Gardiners, I have been informed fome 
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