'em fo little ;3s if they had been juft hatched, and fome of 
\in gradually bigger than ethers 5 there were alfo other 
fmall Particles which I judged to be the Excrements of 
the Ammalcula 5 I faw alfo abundance of Legs with three 
loynts, nnd fome alfo that had but two Joynts, and a 
icw one Joynt only ^ among thefe Legs, fome had Claws 
cn, which were either white^ or dark colour'd, or of a 
light red. 
I faw moreover, fome Particles that I could not bring 
horrie with me, which I judg'd to be the Heads of thefe 
Animalcula^ and other Particles likewife of a beautiful 
red colour, that 1 fancy 'd to be the upper parts of the 
Body 5 In the faid Duft there were alfo fome fevV pointed 
Inftruments, or rather Prickles, that were no thicker 
than a fingle hair of ones Head, among which there 
were two or three that were four times as thick as the 
reft 5 and theft, I prefume, were the fharp Prickles, 
wherewith (as the Spamard tells us) the Leaves were 
armed, becaufe fome of them were of a bright, others 
of a darker yellow. 
Forafmuch as the faid Prickles are guarded with an 
infinite number of Teeth like Saws, I have thought fit to 
take a draught of fuch a wonderful Produft of Nature. 
Fig. 10. Q,RS. reprefents the faid Prickle with abun- 
dance of Teeth about it, and no thicker than the Hair 
of my Head. 
I was not able to difcover the Legs of thofe Animalcu* 
la, which I told you I took out of the aforementioned 
Eggs, unlefs I had put them out of that exaft Order in 
which they lay, neither could I fee them in their natural 
difpofjtion, tho I took a great deal of pains to doit 5 the 
reafon of which is, that the Animalcula, whilft they were 
in the Egg, were of a dark red colour, and not at all 
tranfparent, efpecially fuch as werealmoft come to their 
full growth 5 at laft, but with great difficulty, I could 
perceive, of fome Animalcula that were in the Egg, fix 
Legs, 
