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in another manner, that is, not by coagulation, but by groNvth. And 

 the membranes which indole them in cells, mufl be provided with fo 

 many veins or vefiels, that every particle of meal may have its fepa- 

 rate vein, whence it derives its fubflance and increafe, in like manner 

 as the eggs of fifhes are nouriflied by a ligament or vefTel, which is 

 obf'erved not only in the larger fifh, but in thofe very minute 

 eggs which are feen in vaft numbers on fhrimps. Now, if the parti- 

 cles of meal, which, thougli not ftri6tly fpherical, may yet be termed 

 globules, had ]:ot acquired their growth in that manner, it fliould 

 leem that they could not obtain that globular figure. 



Vv'hen we confider tlie tranfparency of ever}- one of thefe globules 

 of meal, wc may well exclaim, How wonderful is this formation, 

 and how clofely compacrted mull be the fmalleft particles of which 

 each globule is compofed, to give it that tranfparency ! 



I next proceeded to examine, whether thefe particles of meal might 

 not be globules, inclofed in a certain thin membrane, as we fee is the 

 cale with all feeds ; but I cannot be confident, that I ever did bring 

 this to m}^ ocular demonftration. I then broke the globules in pieces, 

 and imagined that I faw fmaller ones inclofed in them, but herein I 

 found myfelf miftaken, for, thofe globules which I law fcattered 

 among the pieces, were Ibme of the very fmalleft mealy globules, 

 collected in fmall parcels. 



I then u'ed my utmoft endeavours, to difcover the internal hidden 

 make of the globules of meal, wherein, at length, to my great fatif- 

 faftion, I fucceeded. I placed fome of them on a clean glafs, and 

 mixed them with a very fmall drop of water : when they were by 

 this means feparated, I poured on them two more drops of water, 

 and brought the glafs fo near to the fire, that in the fpace of a minute, 

 the water was all evaporated. Then, bringing them before the mi- 

 crofcope, I perceived, that their globular form was changed into flat 

 fliapes, of different fizes, according to the different magnitudes of the 



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