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On each fide of the Head were two more, clofetoone 
another 5 the two foretnoft Eyes to fee, as I fuppofe> 
what pail: collaterally before him, the two hindmoft to 
fee the fame backwards. 
To render this Defcription more obvious, I caufed the 
Limner to Defign the fore-part of the Body, 
Fig. 2. fhews you that part, feparated from the Mem- 
brane or Skin it lay in 5 P Qftiews the Eyes that look 
upwards 5 K L thofe that look ftraight forwards 5 I M 
the fideways forward 3 H N the fide-ways backward. 
Now if we know that the Spiders Eyes are immovable, 
having no Mufcles belonging to them, 'tis eafie to con- 
ceive how neceffary eight Eyes are to him, in order to 
look round about him, the more eafily to catch his 
Prey. 
I have often heard fpeak of the Sting of a Spider, and 
that with the fame he is able to kill a ^Toad, but having 
never learn'd whereabouts this Sting grew, I fancied to 
my felf it muft be in the Tail, as it happens in moft Fly- 
ing Infeds 5 but to my furprize, I found that the Spider 
. has two Inftruments or Cafes for his Sting in the fore 
part of his Head, which, when he does not make ufe of 
his Sting, he places in great order under his Eyes, and 
between his two fhort Legs. 
Thefe Stings are crooked like a Claw, and very much 
refemble the Stings of Scorpions, or hdian Millepedes, 
Both the Stings of a Spider have towards the end, 
and on each fide a little hole, from whence, according 
to all appearance, when he ftrikes his Enemy, he ejefts 
a liquid matter, which we call Poyfon. 
Fig. 3. A B C D E F, &c. fhews both the Inftruments 
that contain the Stings 5 B C fhews you the Sting. as it is 
cafed or laid up. 
H I K defcribey the Sting extended, and ready for 
Battel, C and I the little Holes in each Sting, which 
Holes go quite thro. 
EFG 
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