THE LOUSE. 
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of this diforder. It is uncertain whether this is to be 
afcribed to their inattention to cleanlinefs, their fcarcity 
of linen, or their ignorance of the U fe of mercury. How- 
ever this may be, there is no perfon in our climate at- 
tacked by thefe animals, except fiich as by doth and 
naftinefs invite their company. 
We will fpare our readers the trouble of perufing a 
more minute defcription of this motly tribe: Such, how- 
ever, as are not fatisfxed with their perfonal knowledge, 
we refer for farther particulars to Rhedi *, Swammer - 
Ja m f, and Bonanil, where they may enjoy an intellectual 
feaft, of which few will envy them. 
* Exper. 1. 18. f Q“ art - 169. t Micogr. f. Jj. 
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