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Sect. XX. 
As to their Generation, it is probable enough, that, 
analogous to that of other Infeds, it is performed by 
Copulation of Male and Female: For they can fo 
lengthen one End of their Tail, and thruft it out of 
the Pile, that they may copulate by that means. 
Then they lay their Eggs in the Water clofe to the 
Piles, to which they flick by their clammy vifcid 
Matter, (fuch, for Example, as Frog’s Spawn) and 
afterwards, by the Heat of the Sun, hatch the Worm, 
which immediately endeavours to get into the Pile 
(See Sect. II. and III.). 
I could not obferve the Difference of Sex, either 
with my Eye, or a Microfcope. Some think them 
Hermaphrodites, as Snails, and that they copulate in 
the fame Manner : But thefe Conjeftures are not very 
probable. 
Sect. XXI. 
Many Remedies and Secrets for deftroying thefe 
dangerous Enemies were immediately boafted of, 
which for the moft part were Preparations of 
fimc or Mercury i and arc not worth enumerating : 
I will only give the Receipt of one, which is the 
beft and fureft of all. 
Take an Iron Plate of an oblong Figure, and of 
the Width of the Pile, with a flrong Handle at each 
End. One End of this Plate muft be armed with 
thick Nails half an Inch long, and about an Inch 
afundcr. The Nails of this Plate muft be driven into 
a Pile of any flight Wood, with a Hammer, and 
then the Plate pulled off by means of its Handles. 
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