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crabs ; and two filiform antennse. The whole body is 

 fludded with fmall excrcfcences, which are not much 

 larger than the pouits of pins : Its fhape is rcundiib, di' 

 minifliing in circumference towards the tail, which is bi- 

 furcated ; between thefe forks, the animal is armed with 

 a dangerous fting, which invariably wounds any pcrfon 

 who touches it. The poifonous matter with v,?hich 

 this inftrument is loaded, occafions a fhivering and palpi- 

 tation all over the body, which the inhabitants cure by 

 rubbing the wound with palm oil f . 



t Goldfmith'3 Nat. Kift. Vol. Vll. p. 34s. 



