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54 The Polype'^ natural Way 



to produce One in three Days. But he 

 informs me, there is no Rule by which 

 *' fuch Computation can be made 3 that it 

 *^ is next to impoffible to do it, without 

 *' fpending more Time than he can fpare ; 

 " and after all, Miftakes may probably arife 

 *^ in fuch Multitudes of Figures as are ne- 

 *' cefTary. However, he tells me, that he 

 " went fo far as to calculate the Number of 

 ** the fecond Generation, which amounts to 

 *' Eleven Thoufand and odd. What then 

 *' muft the whole amount to ! '* 



The Appearance the Polypes make with 

 their young Ones hanging about them, and all 

 the other Particulars of their Produdlion, will, 

 I hope, be underftood by the following Fi- 

 gures, drawn from a Glafs of them whick 

 now ftands before me. 



