5© ^he PolypeV natural Way 



At the Beginning, the young ones have no 

 Arms, and the Head-Part, then, appears 

 like a round bald Knob ; but in a little while 

 two Arms pufli themfelves out, which not 

 long after are followed by two more, and 

 thofe in a fhort Time by others, till their 

 whole Number is compleated in the order 

 taken notice of under my Defcription of the 

 Arms. 



No fooner is a young One furnlfhed with 

 Arms, than it feizes and devours Worms 

 with all poffible Eagernefs : nor is it an un- 

 ufual Thing to behold the young One and 

 the old One ftruggling for, and gorging dif- 

 ferent Ends of the fame Worm together. 

 Before the Arms come out, and even fome 

 timx afterwards, a Communication continues 

 between the Bodies of the Old and Young, 

 as appears beyond Difpute by the fwelling of 

 ieither when the other is fed. But a little 

 before the young One feparates, when its 

 Tail-End begins to look white, tranfparent, 

 and {lender, the Paffage between them, I 

 believe, is clofed. And when the young 

 One comes away, there remains not the leaft 

 Mark where it had been protruded. 



After a young Polype once gets all Its 

 Arms, it alters indeed in Size, but neither 

 appears to fhift its Skin, or undergoe any of 

 the Changes moll other Infeds do. 



I have feen young Ones pufhed out from 

 moft Part^ of the Body, but feldom very 



near 



