iíð " Tut. Every where. In the air, the earth; the water, in wood, iirototie, in sliełls, in mud, and iroud. - Pup. Øn what do they live ? Jut. Upon almost. every thing; upon flesh, fish, flowers, borbo, filth, and dirty slue, which is often seen upon the watei in summer.
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.. Ρup. Moat party of an insect are most to be admired ? Tut. Their fine beautiful eyes, their wings, their colou, then offe sive and defensive weapon. &c. If sou look th: Yugh a microscope, you will find, 'that what we nought to be dust on the wings of a butterfly, cons.»ts of a number of beautiful feathers, a ranged in 'great order. 'I he legs also of insects are worthy of peculiar artention. Those of a fly, for instance, by which it «un walk up a window perpendieularly, or horizontally upon a ceiling. Pup. How cam they do that * Tat. By means of a glutinous matter, which enables them to keep their hold. But hesides this, many bodies which appear plana and simooth to the naked eye, have a roughness which the sumall and tender feet of flies can catch hold of wo » * § Pup. How are they propagat;â? Tu. By eggs, which they arefully hide in th *most secure places in got quantities. آم , Pupi :Are not mapy iusects iwjurious? * Two, Soune, no doubt, are, .The locust, caterpil. lar, and some other, s, Koat that $hese, muay, no%,be t99-,
