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The Natural Hiftory of the Book IIL 
: The teen CricKET. 
a IS is about Three-quarters of an Inch long, and of a dark-brown 
Colour ; the Head and Body clofely joined together. 
Its Two Eyes are oval and prominent. 
From under thefe rife Two half-inch long hairy Feelers. 
The Abdomen is divided into many -d4zauli ; and from its Extremity 
iffues a Spear of half an Inch long, and on each Side of it Two other 
fhorter Darts. 
Its Two upper brown fhining Wings, or rather Coverings, guard Two 
other membranaceous ones. 
Its Legs are Six in Number, Three on a Side ; the hinder Pair bein 
ftrong, and of a great Length, in proportion to the reft: The fmaller 
Parts of this Pair are thickly and regularly ftudded with {mall fharp 
Teeth, like thofe of a Saw. 
The Breaft and Thighs are of a dark-yellowith Colour. 
What is moft remarkable in this kind of Cricket is, that it not only 
produces its own Likenefs from Eggs ; but that it gives Birth alfo to an- 
otherAnimal, quite different in its Nature from the Cricket itfelf: For the 
{mall wriggling Worms, which are about Seven or Eight Inches long, and 
often to be feen in ftanding Water, and by the Vulgar fuppofed. to be ani- 
mated Horfehair, and therefore called Hor/ehair Snakes 3 thefe are evi- 
dently propagated by Crickets ; fince they are found in them, and have 
been often obferved to be voided by them (when fit to fhift for themfelves) 
thro’ the Azus: Thefe afterwards are cherifhed by the Heat of the Sun 
and grow to the Length above-mentioned, and I fuppofe lay Eggs mee 
they die. 
Ahefe may be, and, in all Probability, are, picked up by the Crickets 
whofe Bodies prove a proper /Vidus for them: By this very furprifing 
foftering Care is this Species preferved. 
Thefe Crickets are generally to be met with under loofe Stones, and 
Clods of Earth ; and are much coveted by Poultry of every Kind. 
The AsH-coLouRED, or Stcxty CricxeEr. 
ats is near One-third larger, efpecially in the Length of its Legs, 
than either the Field, or the Houfe-Cricket ; and, if purfued, fecures 
itfelf more by running, than by taking flarting Leaps, which is always the 
Refuge of the Two other Sorts; tho’ this, if in Danger, faves itfelf at 
laft by the fame Method. 
This Kind makes a difagreeable {creaking Noife ; and fome of the In- 
habitants are fo weak as to believe, that, when their unwelcome Sound is 
heard in their Houfes, it is an Omen of Death to fome of the Family. 
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