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WORMS. Class VI. 



Marinus* G. Lin. Syft & 1075. 



3. Marine. 



G. filiform, twifted fpirally and lying flat. Tab. xx. 



fig- 3- 



Common in the inteftines of the herring and other 



fea-fifh. Ariftotle * remarks that the Ballerus and 



lillo are infefted in the dog-days with a worm that 



torments them fo much, that they rife to the top 



of the water, where the heat deftroys them. Bleaks 



are obferved to rife at certain feafons to the furface, 



and tumble about for a confiderable fpace, in feem- 



ing agonies. I fufpect them to be affe&ed in the 



fame manner with thofe Ariftotelian fifh. 



ASCARIS. II. Slender filiform body, attenuated at each end, 



Vermicularis. Afcaris. Lin. Syjl. 1076. 

 4. Vermi- 

 cular. 



Asc. With faint annular ruga ; thicker at one 

 end than the other ; mouth tranfverfe. 



Inhabits, according to Linnaeus, boggy places, 

 and under the roots of decayed plants ; found 

 in the reflum of children and hories ; often ob- 

 ferved in the dung of the laft ; emaciates children 

 greatly - 9 is fometimes vomited up, 



Hifi. An. lib. viii. c. 20. 



Afcaris. 



