( i8oi ) 
place of Feet It looks of a clear, Cryftalline fubftaace, 
and alaioft tranfparent. 
The Membrane, that invefted the cavity of the Cells 
containing it, was very fat, arid in moft places feparated 
from the Bone 5 the Blood- Veffels appear'd turgid, and 
inflamy : Whereas the Membrane of the oppofite Cells, 
which have no Gommunication with thefe, was thin, pel- ^ 
Jucid, adherent, and no ways preternaturally afFefted. ^ 
I have given the more particular defcription of this 
Worm, and the Cells, it was found in, it not being de- 
fcrib'd by any Author, I have yet confulted* Mr Bohart 
informs me, " That Tome curious Gentlemen of the Uni- 
" verfity, lately obferv'd three Worms lodg'd in the fame 
" parts of the Head of a Sheep, but in two diftinft Cells: 
The l^rgeft apart by its felf, the other two in the Cell 
^^adjoyning^ one of which was confiderably lefs than 
the other^ agreeing in form with the foremencioned, of 
a whitifh colour in general, with the two notable fpots . 
" on the flat of the pofterior part, bur a fliadow of 
brownnefsfrom the back down the fides, ( efpecially of 
the riper one 5 ) roundly turgid on the back, and flat 
underneath ^ divided with feveral a^umli , as thefe 
Creatures generally are 5 at the extremity of which Pro- 
" tuberances, ferving inftead of Feet, there appears a little . 
" darkifh brown fpot on each fide or edge : as they faded 
" and withered, they changed to a light red or phoenicious 
" colour, and afterwards brown, 
faj Moufei mentions Worms yearly breedfng in tfaeW 
Brain of Stags, Goats and Sheep, fefpecially when fatj-^t* ^''* ' 
but fuppofin^ them generally known, gives no defcription 
of them ^ unlefs from (h) BenediUus fc) 'M(ithioluf^{^)Lih.^i,m 
that they are EuHs maximis ^quaUs^ ^V^^f^^^^^^^^^^^^^7c)^cow 
fdrm£: Tho the Worms meant by thofe two Authors are/w Dhfcor. Uh» 
not found in the Brain, but (as they both agree ) fnb Ihgm^'^'^- 5^*- 
jh concavo circiter vertebram^ qua ^ervici ivne£litur caput. 
(d) Jz^'w/?//^ afJerting the poffibility. of Worm^ breedingfd)^/^.? 
sn the Head, i^y s Q^prdsly mltotks mji m/tar in a^ftmore^-^^"-'^'^''^^'' 
