16 HISTORY OF 



line of brown which streaks the back, and two 

 pale lines under the belly and behind the legs. 

 It may be divided into the head, the corslet, and 

 the belly. The head is oblong, regarding the 

 earth, and bearing some resemblance to that of a 

 horse. Its mouth is covered by a kind of round 

 buckler jutting over it, and armed with teeth of a 

 brown colour, hooked at the points. Within the 

 mouth is perceivable a large reddish tongue, and 

 fixed to the lower jaw. The feelers or horns are 

 very long, tapering off to a point ; and the eyes 

 are like two black specks, a little prominent. The 

 corslet is elevated, narrow, armed above and be- 

 low by two serrated spines. The back is armed 

 with a strong buckler, to which the muscles of 

 the legs are firmly bound, and round these mus- 

 cles are seen the vessels by which the animal 

 breathes, as white as snow. The last pair of legs 

 are much longer and stronger than the first two 

 pair, fortified by thick muscles, and very well 

 formed for leaping. It has four wings ; the an- 

 terior ones springing from the second pair of 

 legs, the posterior from the third pair. The hin- 

 der wings are much finer and more expansive 

 than the foremost, and are the principal instru- 

 ments of its flight. The belly is considerably 

 large, composed of eight rings, and terminated by 

 a forky tail, covered with down, like the tail of a 

 rat. When examined internally, besides the gul- 

 let, we discover a small stomach ; and behind 

 that a very large one, wrinkled and furrowed 

 within-side : lower down there is still a third ; so 

 that it is not without reason that all the animals 



