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SPIDERS. 
Number. 142. 
tal>. 49= 
In the before mentioned Matter, from whence the 
Fljies and Snakes come, I fawallb and found a certain 
kind of Chryjialls ; like in forme to fmall Sands, but 
but there grew out Feet to them, and by degrees thef 
grew greater; till in three Years iyace, they were 
foil grown, and attained the forme of the De* 
pifted in the 145 TSle. 
Of the MHprooms], growiug out of the Roots of the 
Toplar Tree, is wont to breed another kind of Spider 5 
of an oblong forme, a Yellow colour, and ftinking. 
From Rotten MuJIorooms, another .K(«ce of Spiders dos 
proceed} and they are Reddip, there h another kind 
of Mufirooin, which rifes from the Earth, which firft 
of all appears (hut , but in a days time is open, and 
then it reprefents the forme ofa Mujbroom, with a 
round difh, or little houfe, like the cup out of which 
the 0<ikp Acorns are taken 5 in this Cup is found 
Five round grains of fled, of the fize of Raddifh-feed, 
but pellucid, as Chrifiall'-, after thefe grains fall out 
of the cup on to the fuperfi cies, or into the chinks 
of the earth 5 they are cherifhed by the heat of the 
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