24 0/ ^^^ Polype's Body, 



few Things feem to have efcaped; and alfo 

 of remembring, that it was he, who difcovered 

 another Kind of Animal with two Wheels at 

 its Head-End, forming a like Current, and 

 probably for the fame Purpofe, in a reddifli 

 Mud or Earth found frequently in leadenPipes 

 or Gutters on the Tops of Houfes: whereof a 

 Defcription is like wife given in Page 92. of 

 the Book above referr'd to. When the Wa- 

 ter dries away, they contract: their Bodies 

 into an oval Figure of a reddilli Colour, and 

 become fix*d in the dry Dirt : which being 

 put in Water, though after feveral Months, 

 in about an Hour's Time they open, by De- 

 grees extend their Bodies, fwim about, and 

 play their Wheel- work. Thoufands of thefe 

 I have now by me : they are eafily got, and 

 kept, and highly deferve the ftrifteft Ex-» 

 amination and Admiration of the Curious, 



CHAP, iii; 



Of the Polypie'j Body. 



^np H E Body of a Polype has no Part that 

 ^ that can be called either Back or Belly : 

 but appears, when extended, like a round 

 Pipe or Tube, and when contracted, like the 

 Seed-Veffel or Head of a Poppy. It confifts 

 Q\ two Coats, between which there lies a 



Space 



