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greenifli, blewifh j dark hair-Colour, C^r :W1)€El>er the 
llrength of the Barmudo nets to hold a Thriith , mentio- 
^ ned in one of the Tranfailions confift in 
•5o.;.7P5. ^j^g thicknefs onlj, or much too in the na- 
ture of the thred ? r'l io ^mo"! I'^fl 
20» Whether its being to be ealily drawn out at any 
time and at what length one pleafes , and many threds 
together in fpight oi^the Animal, br not rs advantageous 
to the working of it up and t willing, ^c^ as the unra- 
velling the Cods ot.Silk worms* ^ 
» r. Whether either the vifcous fubft-ance of their 
Bodies or Webs be heahng to green-wounds, as th^; 
Ancients have taught us^and we ufe vulgarly ? and whe- 
ther fomc one kind of them be not preter-ible, for thw 
purpofe5b:efi)r? others ? ; 
3 2. What ufc- may be made of thofe Animals^ whic?i 
devour Spiders for their daily food, as VVtenf.T^ed brettfi^ 
0c } Whether Spiders be a cure for fick Poultrey, as the 
good VVivcs feem to experiment ? 
2 3» -Whether the reafon wJ\y Spiders fail not in the 
air until Autumn, be not becau(eth?y are bufily employ- 
ed the Summer months in breeding , or what other rea* 
fons may be aflSgned ? 
The fir-ft article of Enquiry I have in part anfwered, 
by fending you cnck)fed a Scheme, which, after feme 
years obfervation, I have corre<5lL*d and enlarged to 
what it is:: yet I muft acquaint you , that fuch Dranghts 
will be ever lyable to change and improvement, accor- 
ding to the meafure of knowledge a continued Obfer- 
vation may bringus to* However it is thefirft^ that I 
know o^3 that will be extant, on this fubjedt , and it may 
be acceptable to the curious* 
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