202 , 0/ Spiders. 
of grow Prickles like Whin-Pricks. Some 
have fix, fome eight Eyes, that may be dif- 
tindUy feen, quick and lively : each Eye has 
a Violet-blue Pupil, clear and admirable, 
furrounded by a pale yellow Circle 
The wandering or hunting Spider , who 
Ipins no Web, but runs and leaps by Fits, 
has two Tufts of Feathers fixt to its Fore- 
Paws, which well deferve being placed be¬ 
fore the Microfcope: the Variety and Beauty 
of Colouring all over this little Creature 
afford likewile a moil delightful View. 
The J Long-Legs , Field, or Shepherd- 
Spider is a molt wonderful Creature : It has 
two Fore-Claws at a great Diftance from 
the Head, tipped with Black like a Crab’s, 
that open and fhut in the Manner of a Scor¬ 
pion’s, and are Saw-like, or indented, on 
the Infide.—-Cut all the Legs from this Spi¬ 
der 3 and place it before the Microfcope, and 
you will difcover, that the Protuberance on 
the Top of the Back is furnifhed with two 
fine Jet-black Eyes. 
The little red'Spider that creeps on the 
Barks of Trees £hould alfo not be neglected. 
* Dr. Power’s Micro/cop. Qhferwat. p° 13. 
■\ Hood’s Mkrcg. p^?oo. 1 Ibid. p. 14. 
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