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p. y^ Polype in its contraBed State ^ fajlmd 

 to the Side of the Glafs by its Tail^ and 

 having two youfig Ones : the biggefl with 

 Jix ArmSy and the leaft without any. 



E. A Polype fomewhat but not wholly con^ 

 trailed, Jlanding ereSt upon its ^ail-End 

 ct the Bottom of the VeJJel. Six yoimg 

 Ones of different Age and Size hang round 

 it. 



F. A large extended Polype, j^aifed upon its 

 Tail and brandijhing its Arms at the 

 Bottom of the Water. A remarkable full^ 

 grown young One continues hanging to it : 

 producing from its own Body one little 

 young One having two juji peeping Arms-y 

 and alfo a larger with four Arfjis^ by which 

 two more Toung^ one with four Arms^ the 

 other without any^ are protruded. On the 

 Parent Polype are alfo two more young 

 Ones, 



G. A Polype about half contracted ^ where- 

 on a Clufter of nine young Ones of various 

 Growth arejhewn. 



As it will be no long Digreffion, I beg 

 leave to mention here another Creature, 

 whofe Way of bringing its young Ones into 

 the World, is different from the common 

 Courfe of Nature. What I mean is, the 

 Toad or Frog oi Surinam ^ which Merian 



gives 



