Ikiads^ olT; flatter o;aly of .diff^^ Sexcs, I (hall not detcrmin, 
$hcy vtete ^X^m oy t of th^- fame Cheefe at the fam^ time, 
and were in other parts very like* Their Mouths opens 
Horizontally (to the right and lefO like that or a Wasp, 
and hard headed Maggot, and after their being fome days 
fliut up together I found fome dead, and the Survivors prey- 
ing on thenij which gave me an opportunity of obferving 
their manner of feeding, which was very remarkable,for they 
thruft one mandibule forward, and bring the other back- 
ward at the fame time, and this alternately, and by that 
means feems to grind their food. 
If you (hould bring one of the greateft Magnifiers to ob- 
ferve a Mite or tjie like tninute Animal, you rauft lay him 
on a thin Mufcovy Plate in one of the Sliders, and cover 
bim with a Concave, and take good care not to crufh the 
Objeft between the Plates in your approach. 
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.dug. 25. 1/02. Since my laft I have been a few day? at 
G — and in my return (over the SandsJ I pulfd off an 
Handful oiMnfcUs^ which ftuck on apiece of a Rock that 
was covered by the Sea every Tide, Thefe I brought with 
me,that I might obferve the Organs by which they fix them- 
fel ves fo firmly to a Stone, that even a Storm will not wafii 
them off. I found that thefe were threads which came from 
that part which is called the Beard of the Mufcle, which had 
on their extremity, aflat fpungy fubftance, that adhered 
only by impofition, like the wet pieces of Leather which 
Boys faften to Stones, and they are defcrib'd, and well 
piftured by Mr Leenwenh. But my principal end in gather* 
kig thefe Mufcles vvas, that I might view and examine the 
Inhabitants of thofe little white Shells, which ftick like 
Puftules on Mufcle-fliells (as they do likewife on Lobfters, 
Oyfters, Stones, €?^r.) Thefe are alfo mentioned by Mr 
Leenwenh. who gives a piftureof oneof thefe little Creatures 
taken out of its Shell. His Draught is very accurate, only 
that in the 12 long Branches growing from the Head, the 
briftles arc there pidured co-ming out quite round on each 
joynt 
