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CHAP. XXXI. 
Mifcellaneous Obfervations . 
H AVING deferibed all the Figures given 
in the preceding Plates, I (hall add 
a few Obfervations in a mifcellaneous Man¬ 
ner. 
In the Waters of fome Ditches there is 
found a very fmall Sort of Leech, of a pale 
brown Colour, whofe Length is about half an 
Inch when extended fully. Several Months 
in the Year its young ones are carried about 
with it wherever it goes, flicking fail un¬ 
derneath its Belly. Their Number is ufually 
8 , io, or 12; and if feparated from the Pa¬ 
rent, even to fome Diflance, they immedi¬ 
ately replace themfelves, and that fo regu¬ 
larly, they might eafily be miflaken for Legs, 
whilfl they are firetching themfelves out 
beyond its Body, with their Heads moving 
to and fro, which is their conflant Poflure 
when the Parent Animal is in Motion. This 
Subjedt deferves farther Examination. 
Curious Cafes are made by a fmall Worm 
or Maggot, with admirable Dexterity, of the 
Stalks of Duckweed , which the little Crea¬ 
ture bites afunder with its Pincers, places 
with great Order and Exa&nefs like the 
Threads of a Linen Cloth, and glews toge¬ 
ther. ’Tis diverting to fee the brifk Inhabi¬ 
tant come a little Way out of its Door, ei¬ 
ther for Food or Pleafure, and immedi¬ 
ately 
