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The Natural Hiftory of the Book IIL. 
It {pins its Web in the open Air, generally, among the Branches of the 
large American Torch-thiftle. 
The SLENDER-LEGG D SPIDER. 
HIS {pins a Web, and very much refembles that fo often found 
among Hay or Stubble-ground in England, in Harveft-time. 
The Porato-lousE. 
EIIS is a {mall reddifh Infe&, {carce perceptible to the naked Eye: 
Yet, when viewed thro’ a Microfcope, it is evident, that its exter-— 
nal and internal Parts, whether we confider the Difpofition of its Limbs, 
or the curious inward Fabric of its Heart, Lungs, Veins, and Arteries, are 
as regular, and as perfect, as the largeft Elephant, or the huge Leviathan. 
Had Pliny known the Ufe of Microfcopes, with what greater Juttice, 
Surprize, and Admiration, would he have faid, In magnis fiquidem corpo- 
ribus facilis officina fequaci materia fuit : in bis tam parvis, atg; tam nullis, 
que ratio, quanta vis, quam inexplicabilis perfettio (5) ! 
The InpIAN Corn-WorM. 
ape es is a fhort thick Worm, preying upon the Pith in the Infide 
of the Stalk, and by this means rendering the Ear at the Top very 
imperfect, having {carce any Grain on it. 
The Ear tTH-WorM. 
THis differs, at leaft to the naked Eye, in nothing from the Earth- 
Worms in England. 
The Grounp-Ass, or the Lion-PIsMIRE. 
HIS is of the Colour of an Hog-Loufe; in Length about a Quarter of 
an Inch. 
The Back is convex, not ill refembling the Back of a Tortoife in 
_ Miniature ; but fomewhat longer in proportion. 
The Head is {mall and long, when compared to the Bulk of the Body. 
hh ay is fupported by Six Legs, the Pair next the Shoulder being the 
nge . , 
What is moft remarkable in this Animal, is its Motion, which is always 
retrograde ; and this not by walking, but by quick Starts, {fpringing back. 
Thefe generally live in very loofe Duft or Sand, under Logs of Wood 
of fuch Coverings: In thefe Places they artfully make a circular Hole of 
about 
(5) Pliny, Lib. XI, Cap. II. 
