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fully examined, and opened: fome eggs were hatched, 
others not mature, of a dull brown colour. Thefe 
were taken out, and fpread on a table ; in about an 
hour the eggs cracked. It was very entertaining to 
obferve, how the little infed contrived to difengage 
itfelf, from the fliell. When it was got clear from 
its incumbrances, it run about, very brifkly, feeking 
a repofitory in the earth. 
Some General Remarks. 
Thefe Cicadas are fpread all over the country in a 
few days; but, being the prey of fo many animals, 
their numbers foon decreafe, and, their duration by 
the order of nature being fhort, quickly difap- 
pear. 
They are the food of mod kind of domedic and 
wild fowl, and many beads : even the fquirils grow 
fat with feeding on them. 
And one of the repads of the Indians, after hav- 
ing fird plucked off their wings, is to boil and eat 
them. 
There are two didind fpecies of Cicadas in North 
America ; the one here defcribed being much larger 
than the other. 
The leffer fpecies has a black body, with golden 
eyes, and remarkable yellow veined wings. 
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