284 Mifcellaneous Difcoveries 
tremityof the Tail. As this Defcription is 
fufhcient to make it known, I fhall leave 
the Curious to examine its Beauties, and not 
anticipate’their Pleafure. Vide Hook i Mi- 
crog . p. 208. 
23. On the Leaves of Orange Trees, Fig 
Trees, Willows, and many other Trees and 
Plants, there are various Kinds of minute In¬ 
fects, as yet but little known, inclofed in* 
Tubercles or Swellings. 
24. The Eggs of Infers are remarkable for 
their different Figure and Colour, and for 
the particular Regularity and Exadtnefs 
wherewith they are frequently placed. We 
fhall fometimes find a Sort cemented round 
a Twig of the Sloe Tree, or DamfonTree, as 
if fattened there by Art, and ranged merely 
for the Sake of Beauty. The Variety of them 
is inconceivable, and to be fought for as 
well in the Waters as elfewhere; as thofe 
will be convinced who will take the Pains 
to examine, in the Spring, the Water-Crettes, 
Brook-lime, and other Water-plants, on the 
Back of whofe Leaves infinite Numbers of 
minute Eggs may frequently be difcovered, 
appearing to the naked Eye only as a Slime. 
25. In Cellars, on the Corks of Bottles, 
there are three or four Sorts of very furpriz- 
ing Infedts* 
26. The 
