



Their Defcription, &c. 63 
‘But of that more hereafter.» This is the 
Lateef? Oblong, and in fome Degree annular, 
taper, ‘and \pyramidal. - Within this lat Di- 
vifion, or integral Part, we find the Bladder 
or little Bag, in which ‘they carry both Wa- 
ter and Honey, conveyed thither’ ‘at the ie 
Time of gathering, thro’ the narrow. Chan- 
nels, which: traverfe the Head and Breatt ; 
and reconyeyed to anfwer the feveral Pur. 
pofes for which they are fo carefully and 
painfully provided, - The Bag of Poifon hath 
it's Place here, near the Root of the Sting. 
‘Here likewite i is the. Gut, which ‘is ‘only 
one fingle Entrail ; and abi left with ‘the 
Sting, is certain Death to the Infe@. The 
Extremity of this laft Part is the Place of 
Evacuation. 
The laft Part. to be examined, and the 
moft curious of all, is the Spear, which cer- _ 
tainly hath ‘a Polith exceedingly: fine, and 
is without Difpute a moft exquifite Piece, 
and the Point imperceptible. : 
This penetrating Inftrument is diftin- 
‘guithed, and commonly known by the Name 
of the Sting, by which thefe Infects defend 
themfelves againf{ Men and Beatts, and of- 
fend their Enemics, 
It is of an horny Confiftence, and hallow 
like a Tube, near the Extremity of which 
is an Otiifice, thro’ which the Infect emits 
_. two Darts, ftrong and paleers tho’ inex- 
eo opr oy fine. : 
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