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406 Loufe of the Bat. 
Head, or elfe from its Appearance diould have 
judged this little Creature to be a Species of 
the wheel-Animal, which it imitates in other 
Refpeds very nearly. 
CHAP. XXIX. 
Phe Louse of the Bat. 
O S T living Creatures are fuppofed 
to have their Lice, Fleas, or little 
Tormentors, of Kinds and Forms peculiar to 
themfelves: fuch have been found rn great 
Numbers on many Sorts of Beads, Birds, and 
Fidies, at fome particular Seafons; Flies, Bees, 
Earwigs, Spiders, and many other Infeds, 
are fometimes in like Manner pedered with 
them : nay, even the nimble Flea which 
teazes us and fucks our Blood, is not free 
itfelf from Blood-fuckers, which harbour 
very conveniently under the Scales of its 
Neck, and about its Legs and Belly, cling¬ 
ing too fad to be fhaken off. We are obliged 
to Seignior Redi for the Figures of the Pedi- 
culi peculiar to feveral Kinds of Beads and 
Birds ; but I fuppofe he had no Opportunity 
of obferving that of the Bat, which I am now 
going to defcribe. 
The little Animal which the Reader is 
direded to take Notice of, at the Letters E, 
F, G, Plate XV. was found adhering firmly 
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