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of the fein, and leave it ftanding fo, that feeing of it, you 
woufd fay it was verily one of thofe Animalls ftanding, 
^C. ‘ 
I iuftained thefe Creatures for fome time with dew,’ 
collefted before Sun-rife from the Curran hup leat/ef) \iOr 
till I (aw them to have attained to their full Magnitude, 
andperfeftion, nor to make any further and theQ 
V I fct them at liberty to provide for themfelves. 
Number. 114. 
Ta6 . 41 
With this fort of Wernty shjnt and all things made of 
fkins, are much infeftd. 
This I found upon the Heathers of the dryed bodyof 
aD«c4>®2tingthe fatandfkin thereof, and perhaps they 
are bred of it,becaufe they feed of it, as many Infii^x e* 
3cift from that, with which they are nouri(hed,as the Phiio- 
fophert Write.They creep very fwiftly,as foon as' they per- 
ceive any thing, which may trouble them- they hide them- 
fcl ves forthwith under the Feathers, fo that they may not 
eafily be found. 
This deferves Admiration, thele Worms to caft ro 
J4*»>r»l>®fr>rethey change y and as oft to cleanle, as they 
caft their (kins. 
Their Excrement is like a flender Thred twifted, yet 
firmly compared, a Span long, and which.may be exten- 
ded, for it \%Vifcon$^ and hard to break, and under dirt, 
they are wont to ly hid. 
I try ed this Worm to have fed, from the tnth. otjme^ 
to the firft of September^ when it did delift from eating, it 
began its Tranlmntation, as is depifted Number 1 14. and 
theaor^. oioSobefi to have bred firft a coloured 
Aniofall i which then pint on a Red, and laftb^ a Black 
colour, which was Yellowith, inthemiddle of the body. 
You may keep thefe Anmalls, as long as you pleafe if 
V yoa 
