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the Tube with little pieces of Cork: But a few Days 
afterwards, I could perceive that the little moiftare, which 
had evaporated from the fmall piece of Bladder, had 
fixt itfelf to the (ides of the Glafs in a great number of 
exceeding fmall drops of Water 5 and that the hairy 
Parts of the Mites had been fo entangled in that imall 
quantity of Moifture, that thofe little Creatures were 
unable to extricate themfelves from it, and fo dyed. 
Thereupon I opened the Glafs Tube, and wiped it .with 
a clean and dry Cloth 3 and I again put a little bit of 
dry Bladder in it, together with four Mites 3 and view* 
ing them in the great Froft, I obferv’d that one of the 
Mites had compos’d all bis Legs fo exafrly under his 
Body, that as one view’d him on the upper part of his 
Body, none of ’em could be feen 3 from whence I con- 
cluded, that that Mite was dead. 
Having again view’d the faidMitea Day or two after 
the fecond hard Froft, I obferved, that it lay in the 
fame place, and in the fame manner, as it did 2 Months 
before* The other Mites were alfo very much dryed 
and ftirunk up, and their Bodies bent double, and they 
were alfo dead : However, fancying that the aforefaid 
Mite was ftill living, I view’d her again, and faw her 
begin to move one of her Legs, whereupon I warm’d 
the Glafs Tube a little, and then faw the little Creature 
not only (Fetch out all her Legs, but begin to creep 
very gently along. It feem’d to me very wonderful, 
tfyat fo 'fmall an Animalculum fhculd live above two 
Months (licking upon the (ides of the Glafs in fo (harp 
a Froft 3 nor was its moifture evaporated out of its Bo- 
dy 3 whereas the dead Mites were fo (hrunk up, that 
they were not half fo big as when they were alive. 
Moreover, I caufed on. of thofe Particles, that ap- 
pear’d to be Hairs, and are found in great Numbers up- 
on the Bodies of Bees, to be drawn by the Painter juft 
as they appear’d thro’ the Mierofcope$ but becaufe the 
whole 
