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(a) Pifo,Hift. 
N. 1 . 5. 
(b) Ibid. 
(e ) Barlii 
Res Brafil. 
p. 224. 
(d) Philof. 
Tranf. N. 40. 
Ce) Hill. An. 
lib. 9. c. 3?. 
("/) Lib. de 
Araneis. 
(g) Job. de 
Laet. I.15. 
e. 6 . out of 
Lerius. 
(h) Schrod. 
Pharm. 
(/) Foterius. 
downward, above i an inch long by the bow. Thefe 
Teeth being fet in Gold, arc ufed (a) by fome for Tooth- 
Pickers. Being vexed, they llrike with a Sting fo very 
fmall, as it is hardly vifible. (£)*They will live feveral 
Months without eating any thing. 
The Nbanduguacu, a great Spicier in Brafile (V)fo called, 
is probably oi the fame Species. - 
The TOOTH of the NHANDUGUACU or Bahama- 
Spider. 
The WEB of a Bermuda-Spider. Itisfo ftrong, as to 
fnare a Bird as big as a Thrujh. (d) Tis here wound upon 
a Paper like Raw-Silk. 
Spiders , faith Ariftotle , (e) call their Threads, not from 
within,as an Excrement ,as Democritus would have it,but from 
without, as the Hijlrix doth his Quills. Of the fpining of 
Spiders , and the reft of their Hiftory, fee the curious Ob- 
fervations of Mr. Lyfter. (/) 
The CLAW of a SCORPION. ’Tis long and (lender, 
and belongs to the firft Species defenbed by Moufet. 
A thick and fhort CLAW of a Scorpion, belonging to 
the third Species in Moufet. 
The TAIL of another, with the Sting at the end, 
which is a little crooked, and as fharp as that of a Bee. 
The other parts of all three are broken off and loft. 
In the Mufcum Cofpian: is the Figure of a very large 
Scorpion , three times as big as I find any where, yet faid by 
Lorenzo Legati, to be drawn after the life. 
This Inf eel aboundeth \n Brafile. Thofe that are ftung 
with them, fuffer extraordinary pains for about twenty four 
hours, but feldorn die upon it. (g> 
Of Scorpions are prepared, Oleum Compos. Magnum, 1. e. 
Matthioli, Sanguineum (b) Magni Ducts , Is 01 . Scorp. pur¬ 
gation. (i) 
The GRFAT GALLY-WORME. Scolopendra. De- 
feribed both by Moufet and Aldrovandus: but yet lmper- 
fcc'tly. Neither is this here entire. Yet thus much remains 
Obfervable of the Feet j That each of them is armed, in 
the room of Claws, with three, four, or five Needles, of 
different thicknefs and length; fome of them above I of 
an inch long; of a black {hming colour like the Sting 
of a Bee, and equally iharp; in refpcct to which the 
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