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2. That they are furnifhed with antennas, which are placed 

 upon the fore part of the head ; thefe are jointed, and moveable 

 in various directions. 



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3. That no infect in it's perfect flate, or after it has gone 

 through all it's transformation, has lefs than fix legs, though 

 many have more. There are fome moths, whofe two fore feet 

 are fo fmall as fcarcely to deferve that name. A proper atten- 

 tion to the nature and number of the feet of infects would tend 

 to fix their real rank in that fcale of animated nature, which is 

 handed down to us in the facred fcriptures ; a fcale which, from 

 the lively reprefentations it holds forth, as well as their moral 

 applications to the purpofes of life, and the fource from whence 

 it is derived, {hews that it is replete with the moll important 

 information. 



4. That infects have neither the organs of fmell nor hearing; 

 at leafl: they have not as yet been difcovered, though it is reported 

 that Fabricius has lately found and defcribed the organs of hear- 

 ing in the lob Iter. 



5. That they do not refpire air by the mouth, but that they 

 infpire and exhale it, by means of organs which are placed on 

 the body. 



6. That they move the jaws from right to left, not up and 

 down. 



7. That they have neither eye-lid nor pupil. 



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