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Thofe fix or eight long Particles that are upon the 
Body of the Mite, and which one wou’d call Hairs, 
arc longeft upon the upper part of the Body, and are 
twice as long as thofe upon the fide of the laid little 
Creature : And when one carefully, and thro’ a Micro- 
fcope that magnifies very much, obferves thofe long 
Particles, one wou’d judge that fuch a long Particle 
confitts of fifty Parts, which one woud take to be 
little Joints 5 and that from each of thofe Divifions 
little hairy Particles do again proceed : Which was fuch 
an agreeable Spe&acle to me, that I Cou’d not forbear 
faying to myfelf, Of what a wonderful Compofition is 
fuch a fmall Creature, whofe whole Body is hardly dif~ 
cernable by our naked Eyes ! 
I obferved with great Attention the aforefaid long Par- 
ticles, in order to difcover whether there were any 
Motion in thofe Parts which appeared like Joints : But 
all that I cou’d difcover therein, was, that tbefe little 
Creatures had power to move or ftir thofe long Parti- 
cles, which I formerly took to be Hairs, in fuch a man- 
ner, that when they were obliged to creep thro’ narrow 
Paflages, they cou’d lay thefe little hairy Particles down 
clofe to their Bodies 5 and that thefe Particles had each 
of ’em but one moving Joint, which was next to that 
part which was fattened in the Skin. 
Thus we fee the wonderful Formation of that fmall 
Creature call'd a Mite: But what fhall we fay to the 
unfpeakable number of many kinds and particular forms 
of other Animalcule fome of which are fo final 1, 
that their whole Body is not only not fo thick as the 
Diameter of one long Particle, which is upon the Body 
of the Mite, but even not fo big as one of the Bender 
Particles, that are upon thofe joynted Parts of the long 
hairy Particles, and which Animalcula are not to be feen 
but thro’ fome of the raoft magnifying Microfcopes: 
