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a great number of eggs, which I thought were grown to that fizc, 

 that within a few days they would be emitted from the body and 

 placed on the outfide of the Shrimp. 



As we now fee that thofe Shrimps, which are taken in the fea near 

 our coalls, do falien their eggs to the lower parts of their bodies until 

 the young are able to ilfue forth and fwim about (whence it is, that 

 Slu-imps newly hatched can, in ftormy weather, retire to the deeper 

 water, and avoid the agitation or ground fwells of the fea upon the 

 fliore") ; on the contrary, among thofe Shrimps which are caught in 

 the inland fea, round about Amlterdam, few or none are found bear- 

 ing their eggs about them in that manner : liereupon it feemed pro- 

 bable to me, upon refled;ion, that perhaps thefe lall mentioned 

 Shrimps, when their eggs are grown to a lize to be excluded from 

 their bodies, refort to the creeks and fliallow^s of that fea, where thej 

 can find a fufficient quantity of leaves and rufhes to which they can 

 fatten their eggs. 



In the month of Rlay I examined the bodies of fixty-four Shrimps, 

 forty-nine of ^^ hich had eggs fixed to the lower parts of their bodies, 

 and the your.g fhrimps in thefe eggs were fbmc of them more per- 

 fectly formed than others, and the darker the colour of the eggs the 

 more full grown were the young within: of the remaining fifteen, 

 I found eggs w'ithin the bodies of twelve. 



I oftentimes repeated thefe my refearches, and always with nearly 

 the fame fuccefs. And when I met with Shi'imps which had no 

 eggs fall:ened to the outfides of their bodies, I began to confidcr 

 whether or no thofe Shrimps might not have fattened their eggs to 

 leaves, litter, or other fubflances at the bottom of the fea. 



I afterwards examined many parts of the inteftines of this crea- 

 ture, which were formed fo wonderfully, and with lb much art, 

 that to attempt a particular defcription of them would be only lofing 

 time and labour. In a word, if we could place all thofe organs be- 

 fore the microfcope, make drawings of them, and could alTign to 

 each part its ufe, we might cry out, What depth of wifdom is here! 



