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NATURAL HISTORY. tay 
' Sacacrry...-Whether by inftinét, or aétual fagaes 
ity, infects are fecured again{t winter, our admiration 
js equally raifed. When cold and wet oblige them to 
retire, fome entomb themfelves, as in their Aurelia, 
or chtyfallis ftate ; others provide themfelves in 
fummer with fufficient provifions for their winter 
fubfiftence ; and fome of the infect tribe exiftina 
fleeping ftate, without changing their nature, or being 
under the neceflity of requiring that food which is 
denied them by the change of feafon. This caufed 
Solomon moft wifely to fay, ‘‘ Go to the ant, thou 
fluggard, confider her ways and be wife; which, 
having no guide, overfeer, or ruler, provideth her 
meat inthe fummer, and gathereth her food in thé 
harveft.” 
CARE OF THEIR YOUNG..... Tnfeé&ts, with the 
greateft care and affection, carry their young in their. 
mouths, which is particularly obferved in the ant 
tribe. But their care, in general, deferves the great- 
eft admiration. They depofit their eggs in fuch places 
as fecure, produce and fubfift their offspring. Ac- 
cording to the {pecies, their eggs are laid in waters, 
- on woods, or on vegetables, where the young find a 
fubfiftence agreeable to their nature. Particular 
woods, herbs and plants, are chofen by the parent in~- 
fect to fofter their future offspring. Thus nettles, 
ragwort, cabbage leaves, oak leaves, currant and 
goofeberry bufhes, &c. have their peculiar infects. 
some, whofe eggs require more warmth, depofit them 
in the hair of animals, the feathers of birds and even 
in the fcales of fifhes.. Others make their nefts by 
perforating earth and wood, where they depofit their 
eggs with fuch neatnefs as to gratify the moft curious 
obferver. And, to prevent thein eggs being injured, 
they inclofe them in the leaves of vegetables, curi- | 
oufly glued together. 
-Foon.....Every fpecies of infeét has a food pecue 
liar to itfelf. Caterpillars, for inftance, are not only 
limited to herbage, but, likewife, to a peculiar kind. 
Sooner than difobey this ordinance of nature, they 
will perith with hunger, unlefs they meet with a plant © 
_ dmilar to that to which they are attached. To this 
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