208 NATURAL HISTORY. 
fpecies of mufic in that country : No village, or cot- 
tage, is fcarcely withoutit. ‘Che tune is chofen ac- ~ 
. cording to the natural temper and difpofition of the 
patient: This is difcovered by playing feverai tunes, 
until the unhappy fufferer by his geftures, fhows that 
ene is found agreeable to his fancy : ‘This is thought 
an infallible fign of a cure being effected. The pa- 
tient immediately begins to dance, and rifes and talls 
in concert with the modulations of the tune. ‘Thisis — 
continued until he begins to perfpire, which inftantly 
caufes an external evacuation of the venom. In this 
manner are thofe afflicted with the bite of a tarantu- 
la, cured. But, is it not an extraordinary inftance of 
providence, that inftrumental mujfic fhould have at- 
tained fo great and general a perfection as it has in 
Italy, where it is neceflary to preferve the lives of © 
the natives, who would otherwife frequently die — 
from the bite of this baneful and yenemous infect ? 
AECHCTE ENG — 
ZIMB. 
Havinc obferved a curious account of the zimb, 
.in the travels of Mr. Bruce, we could not refrain from 
extracting it, as a moft valuable addition to our {mall 
compendium of natural hiftory. 
This infect is called the zimb, or tzalfalya. Itisa 
little larger than a bee ; with wings of pure gauze. © 
The head is large ; the upper jaw fharp, and furnifh- 
ed with a fharp pointed hair, about a quarter of an 
inch long: The lower jaw has two of thefe pointed 
hairs ; and the three, joined into ene pencil, make a 
refiftance to the finger, nearly equal to that of a hog’s - 
briftle. As foon as this winged aflaflin appears, and 
his buzzing is heard, the cattle forfake their food, 
and run wildly about the plain, till they die, wora 
out with fatigue, affright and pain, The inhabitants 

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