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INTRODUCTION. 
SEVERAL Kinds of Caterpillars come forth of the Ege in July, Auguft, September, and Oc- 
tober, remain in the Caterpillar State all the Winter, feed up in the Spring, then change into 
the Chryfalis State, and produce Lies a few Weeks afterwards, — 
OrxeErs there are that continue in the Ege State all the Winter, are hatched in the 
Spring, and feed up in about 45 Days: then change into the Chryfalis, and produce their Fes 
in about 14 Days afterwards, 
N. B. Tue Curious may be affured, that all thefe Obfervations are founded on real Fats; 
and not on any Suppofition or Conjedture. 
Anp now, (as it feems exactly fuitable to this Work) we fhall beg Leave to clofe the Intro- 
dution with a fhort Defcription of the Butterfly, taken from a Poem called The UN IVERSE, 
which was written fome Years ago 
By Mr. Henry Baker. 
SEE, to the Sun the Butterfly difplays 
Its glittering Wings, and wantons in his Rays: 
In Life exulting, 0 er the Meadows fits, 
Sips from each Flow’r, and breathes the vernal Skies. 
Its fplendid Plumes, in graceful Order, show 
The various Glories of the painted Bow. 
Where Love direéts, a Libertine it roves, 
And courts the fair ones thro’ the verdant Groves. 
How glorious now ! How chang’d fince Yefterday ! 
When on the Ground, a crawling Worm it lay, t 
Where ev’ry Foot might tread its Soul away! 
Who rais dit thence 2? And bid it range the Skies 2 
Gave its rich Plumage, and its brilliant Dyes ? 
’Twas God :---- Its God and thine, O Man, and He 
In this thy Fellow-Creature lets thee fee, i 
The wond’rous Change which is ordain’d for thee. 
Thou too foalt leave thy reptile Form behind, 
And mount the Skies, a pure ethereal Mind, 
There range among the Stars, all bright and unconfin’d. 
