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Diftortion generally wore off, in a little time, and 
the pretty creature recover’d its own natural fym- 
metry of fhape. 
In the beginning of May 1738, they began to 
work again in prodigious numbers, and having co- 
vered fome trees, were hopped, and moft of them 
deftroy’d by the foul weather that followed. Their 
web alfo was fmutted and difcolour’d. I fend your 
Lordfhip a piece of each year’s produce. The 
whiteft is that of 1737, the other of 1738. 
In 1739 they appeared in fmall numbers, and 
much fhrunk in their Size, and wrought only fuf- 
ficient covering for themfelves. 
They appeared again in the Year 17405 but it 
was plain the great froft had deftroyed moft of 
their eggs, and checked the growth of thofe that 
efcaped 5 for there were very few of them to be feen, 
and twelve of them were not larger than one in 
May 1737. 
Every year produces more or lefs of them, with 
fome fmall variation, as to the number and fize. 
The place where our Cornel -trees ftand, is fur- 
rounded with fteep hills, and clofely fhelter’d with 
a very thick plantation. This was probably no in- 
confiderable help to the prodigious encreafe of this 
puny reptile. I verily believe both an unufual 
warmth of air, and a deep fhade, were equally ne- 
cefifary to it 5 for I obferved, that thofe Cornels, 
which ftood more expofed to the cool air and the 
fun, abounded lefs with worms than the reft. 
I have been fcrupuloufty exaft, my Lord, in re- 
lating the above particulars, which I did not truft 
to 
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