356 Frefi Water Squilla. 
to come out alive, to the Number of feventy 
or eighty : yet on examining the Animal 
the Day following the Operation, there hill 
appeared feme remaining in the Bag ; but 
whether they came not all out at fird, or 
that fome of them returned in again, was un¬ 
certain, tho’ the latter feem’d mod: probable. 
An old one is fometimes feen holding one 
of its Young, (when grown even to a con- 
fiderable Size) under its Belly between its 
Legs, which it will not part with unlefs 
compelled to do fo by fome confiderable 
Force. i. 
C H A P. XIX. 
Of the Frejh Water Squ ill m* 
/T^HE Animal whofe Figure is exhibited N® 
X iv. PL XIV. was brought tome,amongft 
a Variety of other Infedts, in fome Water 
taken out of a Pond communicating with a 
Ditch at Kentijh Town, near London. The 
Head and Bread: were crudaceous : the Tail 
and Belly Part were foft, and except the In* 
tedines extremely tranfparent ; by which 
Means, the peridaltic Motion of the Bowels 
could be feen with great Didin&nefs. The 
Head w'as armed with a Pair of drong For¬ 
ceps, ferrated or toothed near their Bafe like 
thofe of feme Spiders, whereby they are the 
;■ better 
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