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clibles, with which they soon hew down huge rocks and 
mountains of cheese. The eggs of these mites are so small, 
that it has been computed that a pigeon's egg exceeds the 
dimensions of one of them thirty millions of times. It must 
be observed that this mite is only found in dry cheese, in 
which it looks like reddish dust. The cheese-hopper found 
in moist rotten cheese, is the maggot of a kind of fly, (Pro- 
phila Casei.) 
SECTION IV. 
Observe the Insect race, ordain'd to keep 
The lazy sabbath of a half-year's sleep ! 
Entomb'd beneath the filmy web they lie, 
And wait the influence of a milder sky ; 
When vernal sunbeams pierce their dark retreat, 
The heaving tomb distends with vital heat 
The full-form'd brood, impatient of their cell, 
Start from their trance, and burst their silken shell ! 
Trembling awhile they stand, and scarcely dare 
To launch at once upon the untried air 
At length assured, they catch the favouring gale, 
And leave their sordid spoils, and high in ether sail! 
Lo ! the bright train their radiant wings unfold, 
With silver fringed, and freckled o'er with gold ; 
On the gay bosom of some fragrant flower, 
They, idly fluttering, live their little hour ; 
Their life all pleasure, and their task all play, 
All spring their age, and sunshine all their day ! 
BARBAULD. 
LINN.EUS included under the name of Insects all those 
creatures which have their legs and bodies divided into 
segments or joints; the term insect being derived from the 
Latin word insectare to cut or notch. Modern Zoologists, 
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