lOo A Defcription of the Polype.' 



fo we find it is, for on the leaft Touch of 

 its Prey, it catches hold of it, be it ever fo 

 nimble, and opening its wide Mouth, fwal- 

 lows it down, gradually, till its Stomach 

 and Body are diftended like a blown Bladder. 

 Its Digeftion alfo is as remarkably ftrong 

 as its Appetite is ravenous, for in the Space 

 of a few Hours, a Worm, &c, is reduced, by 

 the Adtion of its Stomach, to a mere Pellicle, 

 as thin as the fineft Cobweb, and evacuated 

 upwards by the Mouth. 



In {hort, the Vigour and Strength of Life 

 this Creature is endued with, are, I think, 

 fufficiently (hewn, by the former Particulars 

 of this Difcourfe ; and the Experiments that 

 follow, will, I believe, fully prove how te- 

 nacious thereof it is. 



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