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The Third Sort are of a Grafs-green Co- 

 lour. Thefe were alfo given me by Mr. El- 

 LicoT, about the Middle of May^ and were 

 taken, he told me, by Mr. Du Cane, in 

 Rjjex, They v/ere extreamly fmall when I 

 received them, being at their utmoft Exten- 

 lion not above a quarter of an Inch in Length, 

 and different from my other Polypes, not 

 only in Colour, but likewife in their Arms, 

 which were much fhorter in proportion to 

 their Bodies, capable of but little Extenfion, 

 and narrower at the Root than the Extremi- 

 ty, which is contrary to the other Species. 

 Their Arms were fo fliort, they could not 

 clafp round a very fmall and flender Worm, 

 but feem'd only to pinch it faft till they 

 could mafter and devour it, which they did 

 with as much Greedinefs as any. I imagin- 

 ed thefe Polypes ov/ed their green Colour to 

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