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CHAP. VII. 



The Polype's natural Way of producing iti 

 Young. 



POLTP E S produce their young Ones 

 in a Manner very different from the 

 common Way of all other Creatures yet 

 known. There is no Appearance of Copu- 

 lation, nor any Diftindion of Sex amongft 

 them. Every one of them is prolific, and 

 that as much if kept entirely apart from all 

 others, as when feveral abide together. 



The young One iffues from the Side of it5 

 Parent, in the Form of a very fmall Pimple 

 or Protuberance, not bigger than the Point 

 of a Pin ', which lengthens and enlarges every 

 Hour; in a Day or two puts forth Arms, 

 becomes a perfedl, though fmall Polype^ and 

 feparates from its Parent. 



All this is performed much fooner in hot 

 Weather than in cold : and after this Man- 

 ner four or five are frequently protruded, and 

 feen hanging to the Body of the old One all 

 at the fame Time : Thefe too as they drop 

 off are foon fucceeded by more. And what 

 is mod extraordinary, the young Ones them- 

 felves often breed others, and thofe others 

 fometimes pufli out a third or fourth Gene- 

 ration before the firft fall pff from the ori- 



ginal Parent. 



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