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aftce, than by providing ourfelves with the 
libellula , which devours them, as the kite does 
poultry. We oftentimes find our largefl trees 
entirely dripped of their leaves by the cater- 
pillars of the moth kind, &c. but when we 
fearch after them we find they are all eat up 
by the larger kind of carabi called fycophantx ; 
from whence we may learn, that there is no 
remedy more efficacious in our gardens, where 
leaves, flowers, and fruits are almofl every 
year deftroyed by thofe caterpillars , than ga- 
thering and preferving the above-mentioned 
carabi till they lay their eggs, and then placing 
them at the roots of trees in rotten wood, 
till they are hatched. And thus we fhould 
effectually guard our trees from thefe inhql- 
pitable guefts. 
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But if we do not think it worth our while 
for any other reafon to turn our attention to 
the works of nature, yet furely for the glory 
of the great Creator we ought to do it, fince 
in every plant, in every infeCt we may obferve 
fome Angular artifice, which is not to be found 
in any other bodies ; and upon comparing 
O 2 thefe 
