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part of its licad, and fceincd defigiied for the view of objcfls 

 upwards. And I difcovered, on eacli iide of the head, tliree other 

 eyes, only an eighth part tlie fize of the before mentioned ones, 

 placed in regular order befide each other, lb that thefe creatures 

 are provided with eight eyes ; and, as the two eyes on the top of 

 the head are only iitted to look upwards, fo, ihcfe e3es placed on 

 the fides are calculated to fupply the defeat of the former ones. 

 And herciji we fee, with how much perfe<5lion and provident fore- 

 fight, every creature, hovever difgufiing it may be to us, is formed 

 by Nature ; and th.at none of fuch creatures have ever proceeded 

 from corruption, as fome men have imagined, but have been 

 produced by their like ever fmce the Creation. 



I put two living flies into the glafs with this Scorpion, in order 

 to fee whether it would feize them as its prey ; but they appeared 

 not at all frightened at the Scorpion, even fitting upon its body, 

 and the Scorpion was equally indifferent, and did not move itfelf 

 on account of tlie flies. I afterwards put a fmall lizard, newt or 

 eft ; and likewife a fpider and a fly at the fame time into the glafs 

 with the Scorpion ; but it appeared equally indifferent to them 

 all ; and after I had kept it by me almofl tiiree months, in which 

 time it had not taken any food, it died. 



As foon as I perceived that the Scorpion was dead, I took a pair 

 of fmall forceps, and laid hold on that part in which I was per- 

 fuaded the poifon was depofited, and brought the fling before the 

 microfcope ; then, by a little comprcffion of the forceps, I caufed 

 the poiibnous matter to ifliie forth, which might be thought to 

 be emitted at the very extremity of the fting, but upon examining 

 the fling by the microfcope, I found that on each fide of it, near 

 the point, was a fmall aperture. 



I have caufed a drawing to be made of this Scorpion, in order 

 to explain the nature of its fting. 



Plate V./^-. 11, reprefents the Scorpion itfelf, and at A, is the 

 fting, which the animal, whether in motion or at reft, always 



