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quently the Liquor was more eafily exhaled from 
them. 
The afore mention’d Mite, that had laid two Eggs, 
I put into a Box, together with a Microfcope before 
which it was placed 5 and on the 17th of OBober 1708. 1 
put it into my Pocket, to fee how long time was required 
for the hatching the young Mites from the Eggs. 
I view’d thefe Eggs more than once every Day 3 and 
after 3 or 4 Days the Mite was dead. And after I had 
carry’d ’em 9 Days in my Pocket, I obferv’d, that the 
Eggs, which were at firft tranfparent, became dark at 
one end, and that that darknefs encreafed from time to 
time 5 fo that upon the goth of OBober^ I could dilcern 
but a very fmall part of the Egg to be clear. And up- 
on the firft of November , I obferv’d but one Egg 3 and 
that which remain’d of it was fo little, and it lay fo 
confuted, that I could difeover nothing of certain. 
And in the fecond Egg I did not only obferve the 
fame appearances as in the other, but l faw likewife a 
little AnimAlcnlum lying in the Egg, of which I could 
perceive the Head and fome of the hairy Parts of the 
Body. And whereas the Animalculuni being now com- 
pleat, did not entirely fill the Shell of the Egg, fome 
part of .the faid Shell was now tranfparent, by which 
means I cou’d more plainly difeover the Animalculum 
and its Hairs in the Egg. Whereupon l refolv’d to view 
the faid Animalculum feveral times that Day , and about 
an Hour after my firft Difcovery, I obferv’d the Animal - 
atlum had forc’d out about one third part of its Body, 
and was making a great Motion with four of its Feer. 
But forafmuch as the AnimAlcnlum could not faften its 
Legs, which it had put out of the Shell, upon any 
place, it made a great ftiring with thena the whole 
Day, without being able to bring its Body farther out 
of the Shell 3 and the next Day it was dead. 
Kkk 2 
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