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 feet of the inect appearing at the root, as perfect as when alive.

In the woods of Dominica are vat warms of bees, which hive in the trees, and produce great quantities of wax and honey; both of which are equal in goodnes to any of thoe articles to be had in Europe.

The muquitoes and and flies are not o numerous, or o troubleome in this country, as they are in mot parts of the Wet Indies, owing to there being but few pots of tagnated water, which breeds them.

The muquito is a pecies of the gnat kind, but rather maller than the common gnat in England. The and fly is not much larger than the head of a large pin, but is a very tormenting little infect in ome ilands, particularly to perons newly arrived from Europe. Ants