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CHAP. XL IX. 
Salt ^Millepedes, or Wood-Lice. 
rj 'MI IS Salt flioots from the Edges in a 
Manner very beautiful, and different 
from any other Kind yet obferved. It be¬ 
gins by iffuing from the extreme Edge of the 
Drop in many Lines parallel to one another, 
but in a very oblique Dire&ion to the Line 
that borders the Drop ; and other parallel 
Lines are produced from thefe, in an Angle 
fomewhat more than right to them, the An¬ 
gles of which are not fharp but rounded,^ 
a c d, Plate IX. Many tranfparent Paral¬ 
lelograms of various Length and Size are 
formed by thefe Lines, fome whereof after¬ 
wards fhoot forwards into long Spikes which 
fpread at the Sides with irregular Edges, as 
at dd . In the mean while other fhort Lines 
proceed outwards from the very Edge of 
the Drop, in a Direction quite contrary to 
thofe we fpoke of firft, making the Border 
of the Drop appear very prettily lerrated or 
fringed, as may be feen at the Bottom of the 
Configurations acd. Another Sort of re¬ 
gular Figures are likewife produced from the 
Sides of the Drop, in the Manner of thofe 
b b . When the Operation is nearly ended, 
there arife Abundance of long Sficulce that 
range themfelves fomewhat in the Form of 
N 4 Plants* 
