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arejriaioly Tranfinutcd as dead, yea void of all motion, 
they ly upon the ground fixed, and there appears no Ggne 
of life in them. 
Number. io8. 
The ITflrw reprefented in Titi/tf loS. Was bred from 
the (weet Root called skjrtets. 
In the lame Rootin which it was bred, it compoledit 
felfforcA^v^c the <)th. of Augufit and the 2 5 /A. of the 
lame month came forth a Black, creature depi&ed in the 
Taklt : it is of a flow gate, as the Worm from which it was 
bred, when this little beaft wasfirft feen, it was covered 
with a Yeliowifh colour very pale ; the Fore-fart was 
Reddifh, but afterwards it became cx^ftly Yellow, and 
then of an Amber colour ; and at length elegantly Black. 
I kept him alive fome Days with fweet juices. 
Number. lop. 
This ^perierofT'eredtf is wont to be found while yet it 
is little, bef wjxt the Bark, and the Okewood, or alfb in 
the very Bark j and there it is procreated of Seed , but 
now having got more ftrength, itdo’s boar into entire 
Trees; by its moft (harp mouth, and dpthinferre great 
damage to them : it doth (eem a wonder, or at lead; worth 
the Obfervation, a worm fo foft, little, and tender, to 
penetrate fo great and moft hard trees, and boaring the 
trees do’s follow after the fat, and oleaginous juice with 
which it is Nourifhed. 
ItisoecelTary that the Anteriour parts of the Mouth, 
to be not only hard, but allb fubtle, and (harp? by 
which they may penetrate to the intimate parts of the 
