natural history. 
INSECT S. 
THEIR GENERAL NATURE. 
D efinition. — infers are fmall anL- 
mals, breathing through vent-holes,, 
arranged along their Tides, and provided 
with a Ikin, of a bony nature. Their body 
is compofed. of a head, trunk, limbs, and 
abdomen. 
Form and ftriiCiure . — Not having occa- 
fion to fly far,, they are not made To fliarp. 
before as birds ; but their wings have fuffi- 
cientftrength and aftivity to conquer all the 
refinance they meet with, in their fiiort paf- 
fage through the air. Having neither bones,, 
fiefli, nor fkin, as in other animals, they are- 
c.overed with a curious coat of mail, which 
both guards and ftrengthens the body, whiles 
it renders, the inTeft more adapted to the pur- 
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