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it enters the ears, and pierces into the brain, 

 which, however, anatomifts know to be impof- 

 fible, there being no communication between 

 thofe parts, and the jaws of the infe<5t too weak 

 to effect one. It has been, from that circum- 

 ftance, called the Earwig \ the larva differs 

 very little from the compleat infect, and is very 

 lively, running with great agility. 



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