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this is not to be taken ftridly, becaufe they 

 eat a little even after they begin to ficken, 

 and therefore are fomething longer in an 

 eating condition, than in a fading ina6live 

 one : you muft make this fame allowance 

 for what fliall be faid of their third and 

 fourth ficknefs ; obferve alfo that the w^arm- 

 er the climate is, fo much the fhorter is the 

 time of their continuing fick. 



Having recovered from their fecond fick- 

 nefs, they continue in health for about 

 three days, and then their heads fwell as 

 before, and they begin to fall into their 

 third ficknefs j their bodies grow fomewhat 

 gloiTy of a pale yellowifh colour, and fome- 

 what leflened in length -, they remain mo- 

 tionlefs with their heads rais'd, which now 

 alfo appear fharp toward the mouth, as in 

 their former ficknefles. After three days, 

 the fwelling of the head falls, and fometimes 

 they fuddenly grow as it were fpeckl'd 

 with dark ftreaks, which colour proceeds 

 from their old fkin then beginning to fe- 

 parate j they then continue ftretched out 

 at their length, for about two hours, after 

 which th^y begin to ftrip off their old 

 fkin from the head downward towards the 

 tail, which is always the manner in which 



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