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the ground, In a fewVninutes it was again fufpended ; and, 
ob,levying. by.his watch, it.defcended at the rate of three 
. inches and a half in a minute.”* After repeated trials, the 
, colonel, by means of glades, was enabled to afeertain that 
the fecretion, of which the thread was formed, was wholly 
from the under parts, and not from the baqk and (ides, 
both of which appeared nearly dry; nor did it proceed 
from any orifice in the fail, becaufe in fome initances the 
animal was fufpended by the tip of the tail, and in others 
' from the fide, full an eighth of an inch from the tip. 
This creature fee ms quite fenfible of its.abilities, for it 
extended itfelf from the bottom of the frame, wish its 
head downwards, till the tail became fufpended; and it 
was by means of an undulating motion of the belly that 
the flow of the viscous fecretion was produced towards 
the tail, but in doing this the belly was contracted, being 
.furnifhed with numerous tranfverfe rug re ; at the fame 
time rhe body, and tentacula were fully extended, indi- 
. eating no alarm whatever; the head was occafsonally moved 
from fid? to fide, which gave feveral turns.to the right or 
left, as the centre of gravity lay; but, as it as frequently 
turned one way as the other, the thread was not in the 
lead twilled. The thread, on firft leaving the tail, wap 
five times 'as broad as it was at the eighth of an inch dif- 
tant therefrom,, but afterwards feemed of an equal fize, 
and confiderably fmaller than the. fin-eft human hair. 
When a portion of this thread was placed under a micro- 
fcope, it appeared contrailed; it was pellucid and elailic. 
By another writer on this fubjeft wears told, that, by the 
application pf the jmicrofcbpe, the flimy humour will be 
feen to come out inlensibly from the glandular pores of 
the fkin, like clear and minute points; thefe, by continu¬ 
ing a gentle preffure on the fkin, will become frnall drops* 
and in the end form a confiderable colleftion of matter. 
It may be alfo obferved, that colonel Montague found fe¬ 
veral individuals of this variety that he could not induce 
to fpin, and, as if fenfible of their inability fo to do, they 
turned back when approaching the projected edge; while 
others at once let themfelves down,without hefitation ; fo 
that it might be known by their motion, when near the 
brink of the precipice, whether they were endued with 
the faculty or not. After thefe animals have fpun for 
Jo me time, their fpinning power feems to be for a while 
loft; but, in all thole on which experiments have been 
made, it has been recovered again by keeping them for a 
few hours among wet mofs. , Fig. i, on the annexed Plate, 
exhibits this animal fufpended by its thread ; fig. a, the 
fame, feen from beneath ; fig. 3, the fame, in progrefiive 
motion on the ground; fig,. 4, the fame, in a ftate of re.- 
pofe on a leaf. 
y. Whitifh, with a black head. 
• J. Whitifh, with a cinereous back. 
e. Whitifh, with fcattered black fpecks. Found in gar¬ 
dens, paftures, and groves, from May till the end of the 
year, and is the animal which has .been recommended to 
be fwallowed by confumntive perfons. It is about half 
an inch in length, and when touched it flicks to the fin¬ 
gers as if dead. 
9. Limax cinft.us, the belted flug: yello.wifh, with a 
cinereous belt on the fhield and body. It is commonly 
found in groves, and is about two inches long. Body 
without fpots ; beneath white. 
10. Limax marginatus,: the margined flug: cinereous; 
fhield with a dyfky flreak on each tide ; body pale bluifh. 
It is found on the beech. Back with a. white ridge, each 
fide of which is bluilh-alh; abdomen fometimes fpotted 
black. 
11. Limax retic-platus, the netted flug: brown, with 
black dots on the fhield and lines-on the bpdy. Inhabits 
gardens in Denmark and Germany ; it is an inch and a 
half long. 
ia. Limax aureus, the golden flugs yellow, immacu¬ 
late, with black feelers. Inhabits the groves of Denmark 
and Norway; about half an inch long. The body be¬ 
neath is white, with a black line between the feelers. 
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53. Limax fufeus,- the brown flug: this is of a reddifS 
hue, with a blackifii lateral line and back. 
14. Limax tenelius, the tender flug: greenifh, with, 
black head and feelers. Found early in the fpring, in hol¬ 
lows of woods filled with dry leaves; about an inch long j 
the fhield whitifh with ^ yellowifh caff. 
15. Limax lanceolatus, the fpear-fhaped flug: linear Ian- 
ceolate, and very fharp at each end ; the margin, furronnded 
with a membranaceous border; without tentacula or feel¬ 
ers. Found on the coaft of Cornwall. 
LIMB, f. [!im, Sax. and Scot, lem, Dan.] A member* 3- 
jointed or articulated part of animals: 
A fecond He ft or, for his grim afpeft, 
And large proportion of his flrong-knit limbs. Shakefpeart, 
Now am I come each limb to furvey. 
If thy appearance anfvver loud report. Milton's Agonif.es 5 
[Limbe, Fr. limbus , Lat.] An edge; a border. The outer- 
moft border, or graduated edge, of a quadrant, allrolabc, 
or fuch like mathematical inflrument. The arch of the 
primitive circle, in any projection of the fphere in planp. 
The outermoft border or edge of the fun or mcon ; as* 
the upper limb, or edge; the lower limb; the preceding 
limb, or fide; the following limb.—Aftronomers obferve 
the upper or -lower limb of the fun or moon, to find their 
true height, or that of the centre, which differs from the- 
others by the femi-diameter of the dife. Hutton's Math. 
DiB. 
Limb, or Limbus, in botany, the border, or upper dilated 
part, of a monopefakms corolla.—Since we have only the 
word border in Englifh, to exprefs the upper fpreading 
part, both in this and the polypetalons corolla, it would 
perhaps be-better to preferve the Latin terms limbus for 
the firft, and lamina for the fecond. For limb applied to 
border we have the authority of the aftronomers. Martyn'-s 
Language of Botany. 
To LIMB, v. a. To fupply with limbs : 
As they pleafe, 
They limb themfelves, and colour, fiiape, and fize, 
Aflutne, as likes them beft, condenfe, or rare. Milton. 
To tearafunder; to difmember. 
LIM'BACH, a town of Saxony, in the circle of Erzge-» 
birg : five miles welt of Chemnitz. 
LIM'BAT, the name of a periodical wind, common in 
the ifiand of Cyprus, and of great fervice in moderating 
the heats of the climate, which would otherwife be into¬ 
lerable. According to the abbe Mariti, it begins to blow 
at'eight in the morning the firft day ; increases as the fun 
advances till noon; then gradually weakens, and at three 
falls entirely. On the fecond day it arifes at the fame 
hour; but it does not attain its greateft ftrength till about 
one in the afternoon, and ceafes at four prtcifely. On 
■the third day it begins as before ; but it falls an hour la¬ 
ter, On the five fucceeding days, it follows the fame pro- 
greftion as on the third ; but it is remarked, that a little 
before it ceafes it becomes extremely violent. At the 
.expiration of five days it commences a new period like 
the former. By narrowly obferving the fea on that fide 
from- which it is about to blow, a little before it arifes, 
one may determine what degree of ftrength it will have 
during the day. If the horizon is clear, and entirely free 
from clouds, the wind will be weak, and even altnoft in- 
fenfible ; but if it is dark and cloudy, the wind-will be 
ftrong and violent. This limbat wind, notwithftanding 
its utility in moderating.the exceflive hear, often becomes 
the caufe of fevers, efpecially to. Europeans, from their 
being lefs habituated to the climate, and more apt than 
the natives to fuftbr themfelves to be furprifed by the cool 
air when in .a ftate of perfpiration. This wind, the fall¬ 
ing of-which happens an hour fooner or later, is fucceeded 
by a faint, accompanied by a certain iricjifture that ren¬ 
ders the air lapewhat heavy. This moifture difappears 
in the evening; being dimpaled by a wind which arifes 
every day at that period. This wind it confidered as a 
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