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Claws at the Extremity thereof, which can 
eaiily take up any thing. The hinder Part 
of the Body is plump and bulky, and ends 
in an oval Form, with a few exceeding long 
Hairs iffuing therefrom. Other Parts of the 
Body and Head are alfo thinly befet with 
long Hairs. 
Thefe Creatures are Male and Female. 
The Female lay Eggs ; whence (as in Lice 
and Spiders) the young ones ilfue forth with 
all their Members perfedt, though moil: ex¬ 
ceedingly minute: but, notwithftanding their 
Shape does not alter, they call their Skins 
feveral Times before they attain their full 
Growth. 
They may be kept alive many Months 
between two concave Glades, and applied to 
the Microfcope at Pleafure; and by often 
looking at them, many curious Particulars 
will be difcovered. They may thus frequent¬ 
ly be feen in Coitu*, conjoined Tail to Tail; 
for though the Penis of the Male be in the 
Middle of the Belly, it turns backwards like 
that of the Rhinoceros. The Coitus, is per¬ 
formed with an incredibly fwift Motion. 
Their Eggs in warm Weather hatch in 
twelve or fourteen Days; but in Winter¬ 
time, and cold Weather, not under feveral 
* Vide Arc . Nat. Tom. IV. p. 360. 
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