6o A new Difcovery 

 what regular Order, and forming all together 

 a Sort of oval Figure. Thefe are the Oper^ 

 cula, or Coverings of the little Cells, fpoken 

 of by RuiscH, and called Pores by Brad- 

 ley. Perfedly formed young Ones are 



feen iffuing from two of thefe Cells: One 

 has its Head and two Fore-Legs protruded, 

 the hinder Parts remaining in the Cell ; and 

 the other thrufts out its two Hind-Legs, the 

 Body and Head being left behind. A lingle 

 Leg is likewife pufhing out from a third 

 Cell ', but all the reft feem clofely covered 

 with their Operciila, The young Ones are 

 much blacker than their Parent. 



I am not fuggefting any Refemblance be- 

 tween the Produ(5lion of this Animal and 

 that of the Polype^ but inftance it as another 

 Extraordinary of Nature: and wifli we could 

 learn a little more of its Coitus and Organs 

 of Generation, which in fo large a Creature 

 might be eafily enough difcovered. 



A farther Example of the various Ways 

 Providence has allotted for the Production of 

 living Creatures, I lately had the Honour of be- 

 ing {hewn by you, who are, I believe, the firft 

 Difcoverer of it; and whom I have always 

 found fo willing to communicate every thing 

 which may tend to the Improvement of na- 

 tural Knowledge, that I aflure myfelf of 

 your Pardon for laying it before the Publick, 



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