1§0 Of M I T E s. 
had alfo feen the like Hairs on other Mites , 
though very feldom. Mr. Hook defcribes 
a Sort of thefe Animals, which he terms 
wandering Mites *, as being to be found in 
every Place almoF where they can get 
Food. 
Happening fome Years ago to look into 
an empty white Gallipot, I fancied it was 
dufty ; but, on a nearer View, perceiving 
the Particles to move, I examined them by 
the Microfcope , and difcovered what I had 
taken for Dufl to be Swarms of thefe wan¬ 
dering Mites , which were tempted and 
brought thither by the Smell of fome 
Caviere that had been in the Gallipot a 
few Days before. 
The Mite is exceedingly tenacious of Life $ 
I have kept them in my Glaffes Months to¬ 
gether, even,without Food ; and Mr. Leeu- 
' wenhoek fays, one he Fuck upon a Pin 
■ before his Microfcope •f* lived in that Con- 
- dition eleven Weeks. 
The Picture of the Mite is fhewn Plate 
XIII. Fig. V. 
One of its Eggs appears jufl by, at a. 
* Hook’s Microg . p. 205. 
f Arc. Nat. Tom, IV. pag, 363. 
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