THE 
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AFRICAN SCORPION. 
Generic Character. 
Eight Legs, befides the 2 frontal Chelae. 
Eight Eyes, viz. 3 on each fide the thorax, and 2 
on the back. 
Two cheliform Palpi or feelers. 
Tail long, jointed, terminated by a crooked point. 
Two Combs beneath, between the thorax and ab¬ 
domen. 
Specific Character, &c. 
SCORPION with 13-toothed combs and fome* 
what heart-Ihaped hairy claws. 
Swammerd. bibl. ?iat. t. 3. f. 3. 
Roe/, mf. 3. t. 65. 
Scorpions may be confidered as the moft malignant 
and poifonous of all known infe&s. It is true that the 
effect of their fling will differ greatly according to the 
different circumftances of the conffkution of the perfon 
receiving the wound, as well as of the ftate of the ani¬ 
mal itfelf, and the degree of violence with which the 
wound was inflifted. It is alfo to be acknowledged 
that the common European Scorpion is not in general 
of 
