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in that Table t the of came forth an unufuall 
and wonderfnll Butterfly j of a Yellow Colour5 golden 
hairedj which ( very much Ihakieg its Body ) dy ed^ the 
5^0 of July. 
it was well our Author lighted upon the leaves that 
fhefe Catterpillers would feed on: though that was done by 
imagination:^ more thenreallrejemblance^ 
It femes reajonable to me^ that he who would efleSually 
prevent the War me eating of ShSpS:^ Jhould well underfland 
the Hiftory of what InJeCl it is bat infejls them h and par- 
ticularfy the manner of its feeding* Wormes^moji certainly 
have Peculiar palar s^ as melf as the moreperfe^ Animalls^ 
and will rather diC:^ than eat fuch and fuch an Herbj or 
Wood .• So that the Wood that by experience^ they pall be 
feund^io refufe to eat : that is the Wood^which is the proper 
mater tall to Sheath^ or Plant{Sh\ips with* And this being fo 
grand a Defideratum, it would he worth irying^dl the 
numerous variety es ci/ Timber Trees which Europe^ or 
the Indies afford, which might be eafUie done by Tallies 
ofthemfaflenedto a Buoy^?/? the moji dangerous Rivers^ 
or Bays^ as / have noted above^ 
Number, ii. 7 
The € after pillar of the 1 1 Table eats fare tree- leaves^ 
but is moft delighted y ith Kofe-tree leaves^ they are not 
very greedy, and eatmg by inter vails they lie quietj and 
fometimes extend diemfelves,. having faft hold of the 
leafej with the hinder part of their body. Being fulbthey 
reft in I he forme you fee expreft in the Table: They 
care not much to change their place^ and go not from 
D leafe 
