hearing, yet the
air was strongly electric; for the bells of an electric machine at that
place rang repeatedly, and fierce sparks were discharged.

When I first took the present work in hand I proposed to have added an
"_Annus Historico-naturalis_, or The Natural History of the Twelve Months
of the Year;" which would have comprised many incidents and occurrences
that have not fallen in my way to be mentioned in my series of letters;
but, as Mr. Aikin of Warrington has lately published somewhat of this
sort, and as the length of my correspondence has sufficiently put your
patience to the test, I shall here take a respectful leave of you and
natural history together, and am,

With all due deference and regard,
Your most obliged and most humble servant,

GIL. WHITE.

THE END.

Printed by Cassell & Company, Limited, La Belle Sauvage, London, E.C.

Footnotes.

{83} Letter XXIV.

{86} Farmer Young, of Norton Farm, says that this spring (1777) about
four acres of his wheat in one field were entirely destroyed by slugs,
which swarmed on the blades of corn, and devoured it as fast as it
sprang.

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