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AUGUST 24. Being ftruck with the before- 1 22. 



mentioned incident of the fly living fcvcral TENTHREDO 

 hours without its head, I this morning, (Sat.) a THETURNI 

 quarter before feven, cut off the head of a female 

 fly, which appeared very brifk and ftrong, di- 

 viding the neck clofe to the head, fo as to leave 

 the two black appendages fixed to the body, 

 without maiming the legs. The body imme- 

 diately recovered its legs, and Rood as firmly 

 and to appearance as free from pain as if its 

 head had been ftill joined to it. I turned it on 

 its back in order to view the different parts of 

 it, and left it lying on its fide ; bu;: it prefently 

 fprungupon its legs, and began to adjuft and 

 clean its wings with as much dexterity as if 

 nothing had happened to it > continuing in that 

 ad for feveral minutes ; and, when it left off, 

 placed its legs regularly, firm, and upright as 



ufual. 



Mr. John Baker faw it at nine o'clock {landing 

 in this pofition ; and the Rev, Mr, Parkinfon 

 favoring me with a call between twelve and 

 one, faw the fame. It had, however, by this 



them to Sir Jofeph Banks, (Proficient of the Royal Society) 

 and, through Sir Jofeph's liberality and difmterefleJnefs, 

 the letter has the honor of appearing in the Philofophical 

 Trunfaftiom, Vol. LXXUl. Purt I. for 1783, page 317. 



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