240 
Of Moffos, &c. 
Part II. 
fa) Phil. 
1 ranf. N. 20. 
p. 363. 
(b) Ibid. 
N. 87. 
p. 5059. 
(c) Phil. 
1 ranf. Nyi. 
p. 2165. W. 
72. p. 2177. 
N. 73 - P- 
2 xgd. com¬ 
pared with 
N. 87. p. 
5 ° 59 - 
the moll part of it, is a heap of fmall red Mites. And con¬ 
tained! alio, as is probable, one or more Maggots, which 
feed upon the Mites. 
The faid Juyce or Pulp (as it is called) is made ufe of 
for the Confedtion of Alkermes, and other purpofes. For 
the Beyers ufe, the Berrys are fpread abroad upon Linnen, 
and to prevent heating, turned twice a day. When the 
Mites creep out and cover the Berrys, they are fprinkled 
with Vinegar, and rub’d a little, and fo feparated by a 
Scarce 5 repeating, till the Berrys yield no more. Of this 
Pulp, Powder, or Heap of Mites, are formed little Balls, 
and fo expofed to the Sun to dry. The ufe of the Vinegar, is 
to lull or weaken the Mites and Maggots, which other- 
wife would turn to little Flys (rather Bees .) The empty 
Husks, being wafhed with Wine and dry’d, are put up in 
Sacks, either alone, or with a quantity of powder in the 
middle. This Account I have drawn up out of the Qb- 
fervations communicated by Dr. William Croon (a) from 
Mr. Verny an Apothecary at Montpelier, and thofe of 
Mr. Lyfter, (b) which illuftrate each other. 
To the Remarques above mention’d,I fhall add one more, 
which is, That as the Pulp or Powder, fo called, is a Clulfer 
of fmall Animals: fo the Husk it felf is an Animal Body, 
as it were grafted on the Stock or Leaf, whereon it grows 5 
and fo converteth all the nounfhment it denveth thence 
(as Bread eaten is turned*^ Flejhfo into its own Anfriial 
Nature. And that the faid Husk is really an Animal Body, 
appears by that fetid feent it gives, like that of Horns, Hair, 
and ithe like, upon its being burnt. A property, which 
I find belonging to no Plant whatfoever, except to fome 
Sea-Plants, as in the following Section (haUfcednftanced. 
So that, though in compliance with the Vulgar Opinion, I 
have placed it here, yet ought it to be treated of amongft 
Animals. 
Englijh KERMES BERRYS. Obferved, and fent by 
Martin Lyfter Efq;. Together with feveral Remarques, re¬ 
lating both to the Foreign kind, and to This, (c) This, 
he found upon the Plum, Vine, and feveral other Trees, ef- 
pecially the Cherry. The Hus ft of a Chef nut colour, con¬ 
taining tour or five Maggots of the Bee-kind, producing a 
Bee lefs than an Ant ; together with a Pulp or Heap of 
Mites , 
