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State, in which the Place of creeping out is a little 
below the Head. The Spider throws off the Skin 
or Shell three or four times, getting out of it by a 
Rupture underneath, and leaving every Claw, and 
even the horny Covering of his Forceps intire. Even 
the little Mite cafts its Skin alfo at feveral fhort Pe- 
riods, and nearly in the fame manner. But I fear I 
have been already too tedious ; and therefore beg- 
ging your Pardon, fubferibe myfelf, with all poffi- 
ble Refpeft, 
SIR, 
Tour moft obedient humble Servant , 
David Erskine Baker. 
A Skin of the Water Lizard caft off in the above 
manner waits on you herewith, as reprefented in 
(Tab. X. Fig. 2.) the extreme Thinnefs of it 
makes it impollible to be got out of the Water, 
ftretched out and dried, and therefore it was De- 
cenary to be preferved in Spirits. 
I beg Leave likewife to fliew you one of the living 
Animals,. as figured in Tab. X. Fig. 1. 
a ': 0 ; > V l±yl 3*i. r i* l - < - • . V 
A Remark by the Rub/ifher. 
JJI/M. Oliver the Viper-catcher, mentioned in N°. 44-3- of 
FF thefe Tranfaftions , made a Prefent to the Royal Society of 
a female Viper big with Young, which was kept alive in 
common 
