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not the leafl: Appearance of the Duft of the corroded 
Wood. 
Sect. VI. 
Whence it appears, that all the Wood, which 
had before filled up the Place of the Dud, in which 
the Worm with its Covering is now found, was 
eaten and confumed by the Worm : And as it feems 
quite incredible, that an Animal, which appears foft, 
and almoft as fluid as the White of an Egg, Ihould 
be able to eat through fuch hard Wood j I offer the 
Defcription of this Xylophagous Worm to the Royal 
Society, in order to give them fome Knowledge of 
this Water-Infed, which has done fo many Millions 
Damage to thefe Countries. 
Sect. VII. 
They are found of various Sizes and Thicknefs. 
There arc fome of the younger ones not above an 
Inch or two in Length j fome of a middle Size, 
fuch as we have reprefented in our firft and fecond 
Figures ,* fee TAB. II. and fome thirteen or fourteen 
Inches long. 
Sect. VIII. 
But in order to a more accurate Defcription, we 
will divide the Animal into He?d, Body and Tail. 
The Head is of a moft' wonderful Strudure, being 
covered with two hard ... (I know not which to 
call them. Shells or Hemicrania)joi a Subflance nei- 
ther teftaceous nor ofleous, feeuring their fofter 
Contents : And being viewed through a Microfcope, 
they appear as .in Figure 3. as well as I could have 
them drawn^ 
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