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In ^Membyme ot^tmdon^ iike the FilameMs of the Mi^cle 
of an Ox. Some of the Indentin^s wcxe sls CFt butmolk 
throughout were as A.B G Several times I had an ap^ 
pearanceas liz lilammt^ were conftituted of feveral leffen 
threads jdy^ied togeifeerig5.dIyingby the.fii& 
ther. .^ml h esmox^ bnH S>yt llmy/infi 
^ In f uxfuing: ■ my Oifervutimsd i \ : to^i:: fom e of ' th^ Fle(h 
ofthe Legs of theK^^^and foundit likethatof the Breaft; 
here I counted 12. of thefe before named F?/^^^w^j'9 and 
forae threads withoiitm^^ rw^ltoh' IcoiiQ^beesilJf!^ 
htP^effelsy/) ''^yjs. h'io 7wC- I : i:: ni .ocooiv.V^\-W:} ii^o v/o/i 
I alfo ^ with nteicfe "trouble tooki :o\ifelt&Q: ^f^^^J^ P?; ? 
FZ?^^ and placed them before my Micrc^co^ei znd drew out 
the Fig^^r^ as well a&l could - as Fig* -q. ABGDi^ the 
Tefiicle, A F and D E are thc.Vafa Defermt:m Kjp^i^t^^^^ 
Te/hcles w^tQ fiiftctakenput they were of a dark Colour 
but in left then A of a minute their . was ^fvap^ra-^ 
ted:» and then they became crumpled , which I b^ye here 
reprefeoted as well as 1. couldi. U;;n tzd^ mflan I 
I alfo fearched forthe f^^Jj^ls Myiti^ ^$ 
about them (f of which I have forrnerly fpoke ) and ana ,%ir^ 
fied they cannot be j^/zri^^^/j' j but -rather fo.r 
Ifaw them not only encompafs tht Guts but fpfead over 
and among the jE^^j-. " 
Thc-Stm^ or Snout of the Fleax cr tather thevSI'^^^.of it 
Hirivhichi it is kept> had Teeth oh eacb fide likqa i^ i^ 
and may not unfitly be compared to a ^t^i^ that is ipUt. 
ragged. When the .Sting is enclofed in the the 
Teeth on each fide go between one another;. The length' 
0^ this Sheath is about Three Diameters oi the thicfenefs o£ 
2. Hair ^ X iVi'^vi^x'vi^i^^ -a^^ 
I have made mznY Jttemptsththit Atktmt^^ toc'fij^oaft 
in what time the Worm coming fioi^ the of 2i Fleay 
would become a full grown Flea. The Egs of a Flea kept 
in a warm place were hatched in four days, and became 
Worms, which I endeavored to bring up^: bat notwithftan- 
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