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“ was 5 Inches deep, and 2 \ Inches by 1 | Inch 
“ broad, in the great Piece 5 2 Inches deep, and 2 ■£* 
“ Inches by 1 \ Inch broad, in the fmaller Piece. 
<e There was not the lead: Sign of any Defeat on the 
<c Outfide of the Wood, but it appeared very fair and 
“ found ; the Infide was porous, having a Grain like 
<c Cedar , but in Colour not unlike yellow Sanders. ” 
On Examination, 1 found this In'fed to be a fort of 
Scarabreus called Capricornus from its long Horns ; 
which in this were very much crumpled, and partly 
broken off againft the Wood, in its Confinement : 
Its Wings were like wife crumpled on the fame Ac- 
count. The Females of thefe Infeds ufually lay their 
Eggs in the Crevices of the Bark of Trees : So it is 
probable, that as foon as this In fed was hatched in 
Form of a Worm, it gnawed its Way through the 
Bark into the Wood; and that afterwards the Hole 
it had made in the Wood, clofed towards the Out- 
iide; and the Worm, dill continuing to gnaw deeper, 
formed the large Cavity ; and then taking its perfed 
Form of a Beetle, remained in that hollow Place, 
where the Sap of the Tree arifing, might have fup- 
plicd it with Nourilhment, and even Air; f nee it is 
known, by various Experiments, that Air will infi- 
nuate itfelf, where-ever fuch Fluids, as contain Air in 
them, can penetrate. 
I have feen in the magnificent Mufeum of Sir 
Hans Sloane, Bar 1 , a Piece of Wood, found without, 
having a Cavity within, wherein was found alive a 
fort of Beetle, but I think of a different Species. It 
came from 'Jamadca, if I remember right. 
At the lame time, that curious Gentleman Mr. 
Eankley fhewed me the Horn of a Fifh that had pene- 
trated above 8 Inches into the Timber of a Ship [fee 
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