THE FLEA. 



Description. 



some of them died daily, and in about a month 

 they were all dead except two. These animals, 

 however, might be kept living for a considerable 

 time. Their chief food is worms and insects, 

 and upon a proper supply of those their lives 

 would, most probably, be preserved to their na- 

 tural extent. 



There is a scorpion of America produced from 

 the egg in the manner of the spider. The eggs 

 are not larger than the point of a pin, and they 

 are deposited in a web which they spin from 

 their bodies, and carry about with them, till they 

 are hatched. As soon as the young ones are ex- 

 cluded from the shell, they get upon the back of 

 the parent, who turns her'tail over theip,an(l de- 

 fends them with her sting. 



THE FLEA. 



THIS insect, though exceedingly trouble- 

 some, and universally despised, is by no means 

 disagreeable in appearance. Whn examined 

 by a microscope, it will be observed to. have a 

 small head, large eyes, and two four-jointed an- 

 tennae, between which is the truuk or proboscis. 

 The body appears to be all over curiously adorned 

 with a suit of polished sable armour, neatly joint- 

 ed, and beset with a great Dumber of sharp pins, 

 almost like the quills of a porcupine. It has six 

 legs, the joints of which are so adapted, that i 



