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Giban yO S20 4: 
THE S° AN AG E; 
S PSHE Xx: 
Plate 3. 
Character of the Genus. 
The Mourn is form’d of oblong Jaws, without Trunk, or Tongue. 
The WinGs lie {mooth, and perfeétly even. 
The ANTLERS have ten joints. 
The Weapon at the tail is fimple, fharp, and hollow; and does 
not appear, except the Body be prefs’d; or the creature ftrikes with it. 
Nothing can be fo provident as this creature for its young; nor 
any thing {fo favage, as the means it ufes for that purpofe. The man- 
ner of living is different in the various Species ; and fo is the gene- 
ral form of the Body: the prefent and fucceeding figure will fhew 
this difference of fhape: yet all the while the Genus is, and mutt be 
allowed the fame, becaufe the Characters in all the diftinctive parts 
agree. And in the fame manner, tho’ the place of fhelter, and the 
courfe of life, be utterly different; yet the fame manners appear in~ 
nate, and inherent in both. 
They agree in being the fierceft of all Flys; they will attack 
Infects much larger than themfelves ; and this, whether they be de- 
fencelefs, or arm’d, as they are, with a Sting. The Strength in all 
this favage kind is great; their Jaws are hard, and fharp; and in 
their Sting is a poifon, fuddenly fatal to the creatures with whom 
they engage. The Savage feizes hardily on the creature he attacks: 
and gives a ftroke of an amazing force; and then falls off, as if himfelf 
were kill’d : but ’tis to reft from his fatigue, and to enjoy his victory. 
He keeps a fteady eye on the creature he has ftruck, ‘tll it dies, 
which is in a few minutes ; and then drags it to the neft, for the 
young. ‘Fhe number of other Infects thete deftroy, is fcarce to be 
conceiv d ; the mouth of their cave is like a Giant's of old in romance ; 
ftrew’d with the remains of prey: the Eyes, the Filament that ferves 
as Brain, and a {mall part of the contents of the Body, are all the 
Savage eats: and he will kill fifty for a meal, 
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