and drfing Polypes, 85 



at the fame Time. I then rub it gently in 

 the Spirits with a very fmall loft Hair-Pencil, 

 to clear away its Lice, which may be {^txi 

 to fill off and lye dead at the Bottom of the 

 Liquor. 



Thus far the Bufinefs feems pretty eafy; 

 but all the Skill I am Matter of coald ne- 

 ver enable me to take a Polype out of the 

 Spirits, and extend its Body and Arms on 

 a Talc 5 though I have deftroyed great 

 Numbers in attempting it. For the Parts 

 immediately cling together, in fuch a Man- 

 ner, that it is not poflible to feparate 

 them again, without tearing them all to 

 Pieces. 



I bethought myfelf, therefore, ofadjuft- 

 ing them upon the Talc v^hilft in the Spi- 

 rits : and to eftecfl this, I flip a Talc un- 

 der the Polype'^ Body lying in the Spirits 5 and 

 difplaying its Arms, G?^. thereon with my 

 Pencil, by the Afiiftance of my Nippers I 

 lift the Talc and the Polype upon it gently 

 out of the Spirits. Then holding it in my 

 Nippers with my left Hand, I dip my Pen- 

 cil in the Spirits with my Right, and there- 

 v^ith difpofe the feveral Parts to my Wifh as 

 near as I am able; at the fame Time wiping 

 away the Lice with my Pencil, if any are to 

 be {ttxv upon the Talc. 



When all the Parts are rightly extended, 



I lay it carefully to dry, which it does very 



G 3 fpeedily. 



