Mi cro@RarpHha, 
Figure, The length and thape of the part of the Seale which! was buried, 
by the fkin,is evidenced by the firlt,F7gure; whichis the repreféntation of, 
oneof them pluck'd out.and view d. through a\good WHerofcapes. namely, 
the part L F G GEL, wherein. is a\fo more, plainly-tobe feen,the manner 
of carving of the {cclopt part of every particular Scale,how each ridgejor, 
barrEEE is alternately hollowed, or engravers and, how every gutter 
between them, is,terminated . with, very. tran{parent-and. hard, pointed; 
pikes, and how, every other of thefe, as A AA A,are much, longer,then, 
the interjacent ones, DD Di 4 40 03 ygod b'teaqqe si Je-baa ort bas 
.The.texture or form alfo of the: hidden part,appears,: namely, the, 
middle part,G GG, {eems to.conlilt.ofa great number of fmall quills, 
or pipes, by which, perhaps, the wliple may be nourithed 5 and the fide, 
parts FF confift of a more fibrous texture, though indeed, the whole 
Scale, feem’d to be.of a very tough grifly fubftance,like. the larger Scales 
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of other Fifhes. Boag amlggl 
The Scales of the {kin of a Dog-fith. (which isus‘d by fuchas-work in 
Wood, for the {moothing of theit work,and confifts plainly enongh to.the. 
naked eye,of a great number of {mall horny points)through the Afcrofcope 
appear d each of them curioufly ridg’d, and very; neatly carved ; and in-. 
deed, you can hardly look on the {cales of any. Fith, but you may dilcover 
abundance of curiofity and beautifying; and not only,inthefe Fifhes,but in 
the fhells and crufts or armour of moft forts of, A”arize Animals{o inyelteds, 
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rent tos 
Obferv. XXXAV, Of the Sting of a. Bee. obit toh 
Tiesting of a Bee, delineated in the fecond Figure of the XVI.Scheme; 
4 feems to be.a weapon of offence, and is:as great an Inftance, that 
Nature did realy intend revenge as any, and, that firft, becaufe there 
feems to be no other.ufe of it., Secondly; by reafon of its admirable fhape, — 
feeming to be purpofely fhap’d for:that very, end. Thirdly,from the:vi- 
tulency of the liquor it ejects, and the fad effects'and fymptoms that fol- 
Me Hes woud ig0t Deb = : 
- But whatever be the uf of it,certain it is,that the ftructure of itis very 
admirable ; what it appears tothe naked eye, I need not defcribe, the 
thing being known almoft to every one,but it appears through the Afero- 
Seepe, to.confift of two parts, the one.a fheath, without a chape or tops 
“fhap'd almoft like the Holiter of a Piftol, beginning at 4, and.ending | 
at b, this fheath I could moft plainly perceive: to be!hollow, and to con- 
tain in it, both a Sword or Dart, and the poifonous Jiqnorthat catifes the 
pain. The fheath or cafe feem'd to have feveral jointsor fettings together, 
marked by f¢ hiki mano, it was armd moreover neer the top, with 
veral crooks or forks (pq 7/#)onone fide, and ¢p 7 ft #).onthe other, 
each of which gerne ned us aes Thorns growing on a briat; a — 
like 0 many Cat’s Claws; for the crooks themifelves feemid to be. ht 
tran(parent points or claws, growing Out of little protuberancies 09 
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