Or INSECTS. 
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BUG. 
The body of the Bug is large and round, 
in diameter about the eighth of an inch. Its 
head is small ; and it is furnished with the 
necessary apparatus to extract blood from 
the human frame. The female Bug generally 
lays from one hundred to one hundred and 
fifty eggs. They take up their abode in 
wooden partitions, bed-posts, &c. and having 
once got possession, they can scarcely ever 
be got rid of. They snuff their prey at a 
considerable distance, having a very keen 
and delicate power of smelling. When 
killed, they send forth a strong and nauseous 
scent. 
