18 S Of M i t e So 
Weeks. It Is not uncommon to fee thi 
young ones flruggling to get clear of the 
Bgg-ftiell, which fometimes they are a Day 
about. 
The Diameter of a Mite s Egg feems equal 
to the * Diameter of the Hair of a Man’s 
Head ; and fix hundred fuch Hairs are about 
equal to the Length of an Inch. Suppoiing 
then a Pigeon’s Egg is three Quarters of an 
loch in Diameter, four hundred and fifty 
Diameters of a Mite § Egg are but equal to 
the Diameter of the Egg of a Pigeon ; and 
consequently, if their Figures be alike, we 
muft conclude that ninety-one millions an 
hundred and twenty thoufand Eggs of a Mite 
are not larger than one Pigeon’s Egg. 
Mites are moil voracious Animals for 
they devour not only Cheefe, but like wife 
all Sorts of dried Fifh or Flefh, dried Fruits, 
Grain of all Sorts, and almoil every thing 
befides that has a certain Degree of Moiflure 
without being over-wet * nay, they may 
often be obferved preying upon one another. 
In eating, they thrufl one Jaw forwards and 
the other backwards alternately, whereby 
' they appear to grind their Food j and after 
they have done feedings they feem to munch 
and chew the Cud. 
* Phil Tran/. Numb. 333. & 284. 
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