Of the Polype'^ Arms. 41 



more nimble than the Polype^ and hold It fo 

 faft it can hardly ftir. 



Between each of thefe Arms, when the 

 Polype ftands on its Head (as it frequently 

 does on being removed into frefli Water) a 

 Sort of fine Scale, like the Scale of a Fifh, 

 may be perceived projecSing fideways from 

 it, as in the Figure. 



In order to prove more fully v^hat a great 

 Similitude there is between the Polype's Arms 

 and thofe of the Star-Fifh, and indeed be- 

 tween the two Animals in general, I fhall 

 intreat your Patience, whilft I lay before you 

 the Subftance of the Defcription Dr. Grew 

 gives in his Account of the Rarities of Grejloam 

 College, of fome Sfar-Fijhesy at that Time 

 in the Repofitory of the Royal Society. 



He calls one Sort of thefe Stella Marina 

 Icevior^ the fmooth Star-Fip or Sea-Pad. 

 It was fent, he fays, from the Eaji-Indies^ 

 and, when alive, is of a Flelli- colour. It 



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