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Greatu^cSj as of Infedts, that is, of Flyes, Beetles, Bees^ 
Scolopendrse and even of one another? or whether 
they kill Snakes too, as the Ancients afErm, for food or 
delight ? 
13. Whether forae of them choofe not to feed on 
©ne fort of Fly or other Infed only 5 and what proper- 
ties (uch have? 
14* When, and how oft in the year they caft their 
Skins, and the manner of their eafting ic? Whatvarie* 
ty of colours immediately after the (hitting the Hackle 
in one and the fame fpecies of Spider, that may, if not 
vi^ll heeded, make the hiftory of them more confufed ? 
15^ What mean the Ancients by Spiders eafting their 
threads, which Ariflotte compares to a Por^ j,}^ mfh m^.^. 
$upins darting her quills, or bark-ftarting lib.p.cap.gp. 
from a Tree j and Demacritus to Animals voiding of Ex- 
crements ? 
1 6* Whether thethread be formed in the Body of the 
Animal fuch as it comes from it ^ I mean, whether it bej, 
as it were, unwound off of a ftock or clew, as I may fay^ 
and which indeed to me feems to have been AnJlotUs 
meaning ; or whether it be drawn off of a liquid mafs, 
? as in fpinning of Glafs or melted Wax^ which feems to 
have been DemQcritu/s fenfe,ia faying, it was excrement, 
corrupted or fluid at certain times ? 
17. Whether the Spiders thred being gltitinouSjevery 
thing fticking to it upon the lighteft touch , be nor fo 
much the reafon of the Spiders raking his prey, as the 
Figure of the Net. 
i8» Whether a Web be not uninflammable 5 and 
whether it can be diffolved, and in what Menftrunm ? 
i^.What difference 'cwixt the thred of Spiders^and that 
of the Silk-worm or Caterpillars ? What ftrength a Spt^ 
ders thread is of, and what proportion it bears with the 
liketwift of Silk ? Whether there be not ftronger thread 
from fome fort of Spiders than from othersj as there are 
threds from them of very different colours , as white, 
greenill^^., 
