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ways forwards, and the other fideways back¬ 
wards : fo that it can fee almoft quite round 
it. All Kinds of them have not, indeed, a 
like Number of Eyes; for we find ten in 
fome, in others only eight, fix, or four; and 
in the Field , Long-Legs, or Shepherd-Spider, 
no more than two. But whatever the 
Number be, they are immoveable and 
tranfparent; are fituated in a mod; curious 
Manner, and deferve the {fridfed Examina¬ 
tion. The bed: Way of viewing them is, to 
cut off the Legs and Tail, and bring only the 
Head-part before the Microfcope . 
All Spiders have eight Legs, which they 
employ in walking, and two Arms or fhorter 
Legs near the Mouth, that aflifl in taking 
their Prey. They appear thickly befet with 
Hair, have each fix Joints, and end with 
two hooked Claws, ferrated, or having 
Teeth like a Saw on their Indde, whereby 
they cling fad to any thing; and at a little 
Diftance from fheie Claws a Sort of Spur 
{hands out, without any Teeth at all. See 
Fig. ¥ 11 . Plate XIII. 
But the dreadful Weapons wherewith the 
Spider feizes and kills its Prey are a Pair of 
{harp crooked Claws or Forceps (by fome, 
tho’ very improperly, called Stings), in the 
Fore-part of its Head. The Scolopendra , 
pr Indian Mtllepes , and feveral other In- 
fedts, have Weapons of the like Form, and 
