68 ^he Polype'^ Uannet 



(which indeed they will not:) and feem© 

 fometimes fo far to deceive the Polype y that 

 it neither feizes nor takes notice of it whilft 

 it remains quiet : but as that cannot be long, 

 when it finds itfelf under a Neceffity of 

 moving, it commonly exerts all its Strength 

 in a fudden Struggle to get away; though 

 rarely to any Purpofe : for no fooner does it 

 begin to ftir, than it is fare of being feized, 

 and whatever Strength it may exert, the 

 Polype very feldom quits its Hold, but cun- 

 ningly gives way to its Efforts till it can en- 

 tangle it with its Arms, and by a fatal Bite 

 put a fpeedy End to the Difpute. How- 

 ever I have now and then feen a very ftrong 

 Worm, feized by a fmall Polype ^ break off 

 all the Polype' ?> Arms by its violent ftruggling^ 

 and fo make its Efcape, 



Two or three Polypes often catch hold on 

 different Parts of the fame Worm, and each 

 fwallows down as much as he can get, which 

 obliges them to continue for fome Hours 

 widi their Mouths clofely conjoined together: 

 for they cannot feparate, till the Worm in 

 their Stomachs is digefted, and thrown out 

 again at their Mouths. 



I have many times remarked, when four 

 or five Polypes have been in the fame Glafs, 

 that upon giving a Worm to One, all the 

 reft, prefently afterwards, have extended 

 their Arms and Bodies^ (though before they 

 3 were 



