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the two former ; particularly thofe two briftly 
teeth, or foremoft forceps, fig. III. a, are in 
this feen very clearly ; as alfo its two foremoft 
eyes 6, of which there are fix on each fide of 
the head, fome gradually lefs than others. In 
the middle of the head, where it is connected 
with the breaft, are two eyes, which may be 
diftinguifhed eafieft of all, and which have 
therefore been alfo obferved by all authors ; 
who, notwithftanding, feem to take no notice 
of the twelve other eyes. The head, breaft, 
belly, tail and fting, together with the legs, 
forceps, hair and claws, are likewife much 
more confpicuous in this than in the two for- 
mer. The fix joints of the legs are exactly in 
this the fame as they are in the fmaller Scor- 
pions. ‘The crooked arms of this alfo confitt 
of four joints, and carry forceps of an horrible 
bignefs; but there is a peculiar difference in 
the tail, fince it is divided into fix joints in 
fmall. Scorpions, and in this had only three: 
T doubt, however, whether this be fo by na- 
ture, fince 1 think I could perceive that the 
tail had been broken, and glued on again before 
it came to me; but all the articulations were 
not joined together. The colour of this Scor- 
pion is very black, like pitch. 
I have another Scorpion almoft the fame fize 
with the laft, having a tail compofed of five 
joints, whereof I have the fame fufpicion that 
I had of the former, that is, that it is not 
natural to it; for lam thoroughly perfuaded, 
that in all kinds of Serpents the tail confifts 
of fix joints. The latter was brought me from 
America, but the former very large one, the 
figure whereof I have given before, from the 
Eaft-Indies. The figure of the American Scor- 
pion is like that from the Eaft-Indies. Doétor 
Padbrugge, governor of the Molucca iflands, 
has this year fent me a drawing of a peculiar 
Scorpion, which was of a light red, but is now 
_ grown of a blue or sky-colour; its tail is com- 
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pofed of fix joints, and in other particulars it 
differs not from the very large one which I 
have reprefented, only that it is not half fo 
large. 
In Holland there is found a certain fpecies 
of Scorpions, which are very fmall, and no 
bigger than a Bug; they likewife refemble it 
in the hinder part of the body, which is divided 
into eleven {mall rings, and wantsa tail. They 
have fix legs, each of which confifts of four 
joints. The breaft, which is connected with 
the legs, is diftinct from the head; the - fore- 
part of which has a pointed beak covered with 
hair. | They have likewife many eyes, which 
are diftributed over the fides of the head: the 
crooked arms are placed before the eyes, and 
{pring from the head like the antennz or horns 
in Butterflies, being compofed of four joints, 
including the forceps, the: ftru€ture whereof 
is the fame with that of the Scorpion’s before 
reprefented in fig. 11. All thefe parts have on 
them {mall, briftly hairs, and are of the fame 
colour with the common Scorpions of Germany 
and Italy. ‘The arms before-mentioned are 
very long and large, in comparifon of the fize 
of this animal ; nor can there bea more agree- 
able fight than the remarkable motions it 
makes with their affiftance, when it changes 
place, and moves itfelf like a land Crab. This 
infect is often found in benches, chefts and cof- 
fers, that have not been cleaned for’ a long 
time, where, in my opinion, it maintains itfelf 
on thofe little animals which there multiply in 
the duft, and of which there are many kinds ; 
feizing them, I fuppofe, with its forceps, and 
fwallowing them for food. I have likewife 
found this infe@t in fearlet cloth, which had 
been kept long in a cheft. I have nothing far- 
ther to fay of this animal; I have defcribed it 
according to the parts that I have found in it, 
when fixed on a needle and dried. 
Lhe natural biftory of the covered Snail, illuftrated by accurate drawings. 
The 
ae HOUGH the Snail was reckoned by 
the Jews among unclean animals, which 
they were forbid to ufe as food, they did not 
{cruple the application of it to other purpofes. 
The royal pfalmift borrows a moral fimile 
from it, and prays, that the wicked may ‘ con- 
** fume away like a Snail;” and, however im- 
pure and flimy, it muft notwithftanding claim 
the confideration of thofe, who are defirous of 
being acquinted with the wonderful works of 
the creation. 
There are many chriftian nations who place 
Snails amongft the dainties of the fecond courfe, 
but they are only thofe of a particular kind. 
In Holland no Snail is ufed for this purpofe, 
but the valved kind found in the fea or other 
waters, the mufcles being of a pretty tena- 
cious fubftance. The way of eating them, 
PoNi Gh aa Oy DypwreC “Bish: OF Ni; 
is boiled and well feafoned with falt; and no 
part of them taftes ftrong except the liver. 
Other nations, as the Italians.) Germans and 
French, eat the garden Snail, efpecially at the 
feafon, that, after a faft of feveral months, it 
has cleanfed itfelf of all impurities; for during 
this period, there grows upon the mouth of 
the fhell a covering, compofed of a fubftance 
not unlike plafter, which hinders the earth or 
any kind of dirt from getting into it. In this 
manner this kind of Snail paffes more than 
feven months, from autumn to {pring, with- 
out any motion or food. 
The fhells, blood, and opercula of the Snail 
kind have likewife their ufes in medicine. 
Amongft the opercula of Snails, that called 
Blatta chiefly deferves our attention ; it belongs 
to the Murex or purple Snail, and as it comes 
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