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ing-pan, having an open or coarse rose, in a tnanncr 
to reach the vermin effectually ; and should they not 
have been destroyed previous to the time they 
attack the fruit, they will be found either lodg- 
ing betwixt those they attack and the wall, or 
under leaves that ai'e close to the wall, or in holes 
in the wall, immediately in the vicinity of the 
fruit. It will be proper to search for them in 
such places, and destroy them with a knife, or 
something thin, to put behind the fruit. 
The Eauwig, (Forficula .) — The Earwigs 
commence their ravages about the time when the 
fruit is nearly ripe. These animals have existed 
from generation to generation, as a terror to many 
people, from -the idea that if possible they will make 
their way into the eiw, and produce deafness. No 
further description is therefore necessary to indi- 
cate the insect. They lodge through the winter 
months deep in the earth, in dry situations, under 
the bark of old trees, walls, &c., and feed through 
the summer on the heart and flowers of different 
plants, where many conceal themselves through 
the day-time, and resumes feeding in the night. 
They are no doubt attracted to the Peach and 
Nectarine trees by the scent of ripening fruit, 
concealed near which they are found. They ai-e as 
injurious to the fruit as Wood-Lice, and produce a 
similar effect on the fruit. 
For, their Destruction. — Before the fruit 
is likely to be attacked hang up in different parts 
in the tree, close to the wall, old cast oft' stock- 
