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double purpose of smoothing the roughness and perfectly 
cleansing the outside, and of wearing off enough weight 
of shell by ¢rituration to save a dollar freight on the rail- 
way carriage to Paris, of a panier containing a thousand. 
SCORPION OF TEXAS. 
BY G. LINCECUM, M. D. 
Tue scorpions of Middle Texas, so far as I have investi- 
gated the subject, do not extend Sasi a single species. 
There may be others, but I 
have not observed them. The 
species we have is viviparous, 
carrying its young, eight in 
number, on its back, until they 
are three-fourths of an inch in 
length. When first seen, cling- 
ing on the back of the mother 
scorpion, they are so small that 
it requires a microscope to ex- 
amine them satisfactorily. They 
are white, and look as if they 
were very tender. They cling 
tenaciously, and when by vio- 
lence they are separated from 
the mother, she shows manifest signs of distress, running 
about till she comes in contact with the lost ones, ohen 
they immediately climb up and cling again closer than 
before. At this early period, they seem already to be 
well versed in scorpion tactics, wielding their nimble tail, 
and its recurved weapon, with dexterity and swiftness. 
Scorpions pass the winter in close quarters, and gen- 
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