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CHAP. XXL 
Of the Louse. 
T H E Loufe has fo tranfparent a Shell 
or Skin, that we are able to difcover 
more of what pafies within its Body than 
in moft other living Creatures; which ren¬ 
ders it a delightful Qbjedl for the Micro- 
fcope. 
It has naturally three * Divifions, namely, 
the Head, the Breaft, and the Belly of Tail- 
part.—In the Head appear two hne black 
Eyes, with a Horn that has five joints, and 
is furrounded with Hairs, handing before 
each Eye; from the End of the Nofe or 
Snout there is a pointed projecting Part, ferv- 
ing for a Sheath or Cafe to a Sucker, or 
Piercer, which the Creature thrafts into the 
Skin, to draw out the Blood or Plumours it 
feeds on, v as it hath no Mouth that opens.* 
This Piercer, or Sucker, is judged to be 
feven hundred times ilenderer than a Hair; 
is contained in another Cafe within the firft, 
and can be thruft out or drawn in at Plea- 
lure. 
The Breaft is marked very prettily in the 
Middle, the Skin thereof tranfparent, and 
* V id . S w A m m e r 0, Hi ft. Generals dee Infeffes t p. 174. 
f Yid. Arc. Nat. Tom. II. p. 74. 
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