NATURAL HISTORY. fee 
Moufet never faw but two of the hairy kind, one of which was fome+ 3 
‘what above an inch long, and had a body that tapered from the head 
fo the tail, and of a whitifh colour, though the hairs were black, and’ 
very fhoft: the other on the back and belly was of a fomewhat livid’ 
€olour, fpotted with a difagreeable yellow ; but the mouth was fome-' 
what reddifh, the eyes black, and the hair grey. 1t is found on decayed: 
trees, between the wood and the bark; as alfo among ftones that are 
éovered with mofs. They all when touched, contrac themifelves, or 
roll themfelves up like a ball: they are not venomous, as is generally’ 
fappofed, for they have been handled and irritated. : 
There is another fort that is very fmall, and is ufually found about: 
hollow trees, and ftakes fixed inthe ground. It is of the colour of 
brafs, and has many feet; when it creeps along, it bends the middle 
part of its back like a bow, and if it be touched: with a cane or ftick, it: 
rolls itfelf up: the body is flender, and fome are above three inches long = 
there is another kind no thicker than a briftle, and of alight dun co- 
Your, and yet it has a vaft number of {mall feet, and is near four inches: 
long. It is to be met with amor; rotten timber and old ruins. 
The fhining Gally Worm is fometimes to be feen on heaths, and may. 
be difcovered by its luftre,: like a Glow Worm: thefe are not only found 
in England, but in Germany, and there is one much of the fame kind in: 
New Spain. i tox ge nae 
The brown Gally Worm has an hundred legs on each fide, and grows’ 
to the length of two inches ; the body is brown, and there runs a dou- 
ble iron gréy line along the back, but the legs ate of a paler brown # 
the back is roundifh, the belly fmooth, and the fkin is fomewhat gloffy ¢ 
the feelers are fliort; and conftfi of five joints. It is found a little bee 
low the furface of the earth, in the north of England. : 
The grey Gally Worm is three quarters of an inch lotig, and has an’ 
hundred and twenty feet on each fide; its back is roundifh, its belly’ - 
flat, and its colour of a pale grey, only there aré two iron grey lines 
on the back, and every joint of the body is {treaked longways. Tt con- 
fifts of about fixty joints, and has whitith feet. It is called by Ray the 
Gally Worm, marked with livid and white circles, and is found under 
large ftones, and on old trees. ; 
The red Gally Worniis an incl, and # half long, with a very flender® 
body, of a reddifh colour: the back is almoft flat, and: the belly is: 
guite fo; but it has yellowifh feet, with a red caft, which are feventy: 
on each fide. Itis called by Ray the very flender long Gally Worm. 
Linnéus has only three of thefe infe&s, that with feventy feet, that 
with an hundred and twenty, and that with ninety-fix. 
The common Hog Lou/e is feldom above half an inch long, and a 
quarter of an inch broad ; the colour is of a livid black, efpecially when” 
found about dunghills, and on thé ground; but thofe that are to be 
met with under tiles, and in drier places, are of the colour of the hair 
of an Afs. It has fourteen feet, feven on each fide, and they have or- 
ly one joint each, which is {earcely perceivable. It has two fhort feele 
ers, and the body is of an oval fiape. ‘When it is touched, it rolls ite” 
felf up into a fort of ball, and the fides near the feet, are dentated like’ 
a‘faw. It is often found among rotten timber, and on decayed trees,” 
for which reafon it is by fome called a Wood Lou‘e: the eggs that’ 
they lay are white and fhining, like feed pearls, and very numerouse 
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