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CHAP- XV. 

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The diffe. A UT H O R S have defcribed three 

 rent kinds f\^ different forts of worms that af- 

 of worms £^^ horfes, viz. Bots, which young horfes 

 defcnbed. ^j.^ ^^^^^ troubled with in the fpring : 

 the RoturJi^ or thofe refen^bhng earth- 

 worms; and the 4/672n^fJ, or thole about 

 the fize of the largeft fewing- needle, 

 with flat heads. 



Bots in the The bots which breed in the flomachs 

 ftomachs Qf horfe% and are fometimes the caufe of 

 ""Lk'hA convulfions, appear to be very large 

 " maggots, compofed of circular rings, 

 with little Iharp prickly feet along the 

 fides of their bellies (like the feet of hcg- 

 lice) which by their lliarpnels (like the 

 points of the 'finea needles) feem to be 

 of ufe to fallen them to the part where 

 * they breed and draw their nourifliment, 

 and to prevent their being loofened from 

 ' fuch adhefion, before they come to ma- 

 turity. The eggs from whence thefe 

 bots are produced, are difperfed into 

 clufters all round theiower orifice of the 

 ilomach, and are laid under the inner 



coat. 



