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of the ground ; and feems unwilling to rely on what 
he met with in Ray, concerning the depofiting thefe 
cafes of leaves in rotten willows. Monf. Reaumur’s 
words are as follows. 
<c Entre les coupeufes, et meme entre les coupeufes 
tc de feuilles de Roller, il y en a, qui fgavent placer 
<c leurs etuis dans des lieux, ou ils peuvent fe con- 
tc ferver fains plus longtemps, 11, comme Ray le rap- 
<c porte, mais ce qu’il a neglige de dire qu’il avoit 
“ vu, les etuis de feuilles, qu’il a decrits, avoient ete 
“ reellement tires de trous perces dans du Bois de 
tc Saule pourri. Pour moi je n’en ai encore vu 
“ qu’en terre, et ceux qui me font venus de divers 
“ endroits, ont tous ete tires de terre.” 
As Monf. Reaumur quedions the truth of the ac- 
count he met with, it may, perhaps, be agreeable to 
the Royal Society, to have a fight of the work in 
quedion ; and, if you think fo, I lhall be obliged to 
you, if you will take the trouble of fliewing it to 
them, at their next meeting. I Ihould have told you, 
that the fpecimen was found in fome park pales near 
Windfor, the latter end of lad; dimmer, by fome 
workmen, who brought it to Mr. Lee, nurfery- 
gardener at Hammerfmith, from whom I received it. 
One of the bees hatched, and crawled from his cafe, 
under my eye, on Whitfunday lad ; and, by an empty 
cafe I faw, that was broke open much in the fame 
manner, I imagine another had hatched, and flown 
away a little before. The remainder, I prefume, will 
not come to life, as I obferve, that fome foreign infeed 
has made its way into fome of the cafes ; and others 
may have been chilled in the winter, by the fra&ure 
of the wood, in which they were inclofed. I have 
5 Q _2 dedroyed 
