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midway between a very fmall earth worm and 

 a millepedes, or woodloufe, partaking of the 

 length of the former, and the feet of the 

 latter, extremely (harp, and exceedingly nu- 

 merous. Immediately after their ejection they 

 continue to writhe and twirl mod rapidly upon 

 the furface of the dung, bearing great affinity 

 to the adion of an eel when taken from its 

 natural element and placed upon land. 



There is alfofometimes feen adhering clofely 

 to the fame parts, and difcharged in the fame 

 manner, an indolent kind of bot, appearing 

 almoft inanimate, that keeps its hold only by a 

 point like the leech, and is, in form, exadly like 

 the gruhy or "worm, that may be fo plentifully 

 extrafted (by preffure only) from thofe promi- 

 nences perceptible upon the backs of horned 

 cattle during the hot months in the fummer 

 feafon. 



Thus much is introduced to prove the variety 

 of thofe infeds, in general fo prejudicial to the 

 frame when once they have gained admiffion, 

 or fecured their feats; refpedting which fuch 

 a diverfity of opinions have been broached, and 

 nothing finally fatisfadory afcertained of their 

 origin, either in the human fpecies or brute 



S \ creation. 



