Encyclopaedia; or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature; constructed on a plan, by which the different sciences and arts are digested into the form of distinct treatises of . Viiirf,i///j Plate CCCXLTS: ^^A^z^yi ^u/^c/Chfo/i U&ifi^U^.. ypUuii ^y^fi^^Ae^ f^cfi^ii O E T r I Oeflrus. infers: yet a fourth part of their number perifli hjII. them at two )e;irs old ; the reft are emaciated, and^^S- have their il^ins fpoiled. It is one of ihc moft curiousgenera of infeds. They are diftinguilhcJ into feveralfpecies, by roafon of the uiifcrcnt places wlicreinthey dfpoii
Encyclopaedia; or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature; constructed on a plan, by which the different sciences and arts are digested into the form of distinct treatises of . Viiirf,i///j Plate CCCXLTS: ^^A^z^yi ^u/^c/Chfo/i U&ifi^U^.. ypUuii ^y^fi^^Ae^ f^cfi^ii O E T r I Oeflrus. infers: yet a fourth part of their number perifli hjII. them at two )e;irs old ; the reft are emaciated, and^^S- have their il^ins fpoiled. It is one of ihc moft curiousgenera of infeds. They are diftinguilhcJ into feveralfpecies, by roafon of the uiifcrcnt places wlicreinthey dfpoiit tht-ir eggs. Sume, iiiftrufted by natuiethat lh:ir egg< cannot be hatched but under theflcins of living creatures, fuch as bulls, cows, rein-deer,(lags, and camck, fix upon them at the indant of lay-ing lh(.ir eggs. From the liinder part of their bodyiffues a whinible of wonderful llrucfture. It is a fcalycylinder, compofcd ot lour lubes, which draw outlike the pieces of a fpying-glafs; the lall is armed withthree hooks, and is the gimblet with which the ccftribore throuch the toue;h liides of horned cattle. Theanimal feems to experience no pain from the pundlure,unlefs the infeifl, plunging too deep, attacks fomenervous fibre; in which cafe, the beaft run
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