Jo Of the Polype'i Body. 



*' this Cafe, generally refts. Oppofite td 

 '' this is the Mouth, round which the Arms 

 *' appear regularly extended, and referciblc a 

 " little Star, asufually reprefented; all whofe 

 '^ Points feem to proceed from the fame 

 '* Center. But when extended, the fame 

 " Polype^ which, in thePofition juil: defcri- 

 *' bed, fcarce appeared one tenth of an Inch 

 " in Diameter, has drawn itfelfout to full 

 *' three quarters of an Inch in Length : In 

 *' which State the Mouth doeSj for the mofi: 

 ** part, projcdl like a fmall and fharp Snout 

 " in the Midfl of the Arms." 



Although I do not pretend to have yet 

 been able perfedly to diflinguifh fuch, I 

 have Reafon to believe there may be certain 

 minute Scales, or Protuberances, or fome 

 Sort of little Spiciilce or Hooks all over the 

 Polype'^ Body, which it can lengthen and 

 protrude, or draw in and lay flat, occafional- 

 ly: for, if a Worm happens to touch any 

 Part of the Body, one fhall plainly fee it 

 catch'd and held faft, one knows not how, 

 till the Arms can be brought to fetter and 

 convey it to the Mouth: the Worm too in- 

 ftantly begins to ftruggle, and fhews great 

 Senfe of Pain, but can very feldom get 

 away; which almoft proves it mufl be held 

 by fome invifible Hooks or Clafpers running 

 into it, and which are probably of the fame 

 Sort as thofe along the Arms, 



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