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tuore of them twisted together; near them was constantly to be observ’d anExcrement oftheirown, distinct for Colour (more Grcy ) and Consiilencefrom the C/jj^, (thcObfervation being made in a Dog plentisully sed fore-ther purpofts) justas we sind in Worm-eaten tracks of Wood, where the Cofileavebehind theni the Wood which hath pasi’d through their Bodies. TheseWorms lay mostly with the final I ends upward, as fteding upon and expect'ing the Cb]k in its Descfent. These Lumbrici Lati were none of them aboveone Foot long, and most os them of an equal length and bigness. Theon eend was as bro-kd as niy 'little Finger Mail, and pointed Uke a Lancet; the ,orber end, coming finali gradyally for the zd. part of the whole length ofthe Animal, was knotted, or ended in a sinall Button like a Pin-head. They■were every where and in ali parts of them alike Milk-Whire,of a fiat andtbin Substance like fine Taste, divided ir.to infinite Rings and lncifures; eachIncisure hhying fbarp Angles, on both fides, looking to the broader end,'stand in g aut beyond eäth other : From which alto Itake the sinall end to bethe Head ; elfe the fharp Corners of the Annuit would ncceflarily bindet'the Afcent of the Animal ; whereas, if the contrary be true, they serve tokeepit up. Each Ring hath also on the one side only, and that alternately,one finali Protuberan.ce, much like the middle Feet of the Body of somoMe dir. obstrv . Caterpillers. Comparing our Animals with the Cut of Tulfius , it was notveryeasyfor me to observe, becanse of the great resemblance, the SpecifickDifference of the Lumbrici Luti of Men and those of this Animal, I couldnot disoover any Motion in any part of them, in Water br out of it,'nordid they feem, if prick’d, er otherwisc hust, much (if at all) to contractthemselves, or fhorten the Armuli: So that they fihen appeared to me asthings withöut Motion or Sense. .

2. There is another Portos Lumbrici Lati , to be met with veryfrequent-*ly also in Dogs, call’d Cucurbitini , from the likeneß each Annulus or Lirkhath to a Cucumber-Seed. I have found os them about half a Foot long 5but mors osten broken into fhorter pieces. The former by us deserib’dusundoubtedly a compleat and entite Aninial; but there is great Reason ofSulpicionf that this is aChäin of mäny Animals linked together. TheseAnimals, for kind, have beenobfuved to have been voided by Men, andLumirici cu- found enclos’d in a Gut or Membrane of a prcd'gious Length. And a Per-cM, found &n of great Integrity atsirm’d to me, That he once afiisted at the opening7i>^‘ib? SOi °f a Dog, in which one of the Kidneys. was obferv’d to, be. quite wästedand become a petfect Bladder, and'in that Bladder they found someihing ;^ like an Animal of a monstrous Shape, which Being Difsected was nothing

elfe but a Skin füll of thtfe Lumbrici Cucurbitini. Perhaps, the Snake.VLizards, Beetles, Caterpillers, Toads, and sich like things, as we reäd o£ rin Medicinal Hirtories to have been Voided, or found in any part. of theBody, ifcarefuily examined were‘nothing eise but the like Difguists of'this sort of Wcrim, much afiisted by the furprlzed Fancies of the sirst'Observers.

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