OF INSECTS. 
263 
LOUSE. 
The Louse is a very odd shaped creature. 
It has black, shining, goggle eyes, fenced 
round with several small hairs. It has two 
horns, that grow before it in the place 
where one would think the eyes should be ; 
each of these lias four joints, which are 
fringed with small bristles; the head is 
round and tapering, ending in a sharp nose, 
which seems to have a small hole, and to be 
the passage through which he sucks the 
blood. It has six legs, covered with a very 
transparent shell, and jointed exactly like a 
lobster’s; each is divided into six parts by 
these joints, and those have several small 
hairs; and at the end of each leg it has two 
very useful claws, with which it walks 
securely both on the skin and hair. 
