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agreeable, that it has been the perfuit of the
fineft genius’s in all ages, I cannot help flattering
myfelfl but that this my particular enquiry into
the nature of the Spider will be no lefs agreeable
than ufeful to the publick in the cure of intermitting
fevers; fee defcription N°. 8. of the
Houfe Spider.
N. B. In the account o f thofe infedis, found on the bodies ofbirds,
&c. contained in the three laft pages o f this work, they are in
.conformity to the learned author from whence they are taken,
there call’d fleas 5 yet I cannot heLp differing from that curious
gentleman, that thofe he has delineated have not the properties
o f the flea kind, but rather o f the lice.
E. A,
S U B S C R I B E R S N A M E
r ^ *^HE E m p r e s s of R U S S IA .
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