102 A Courfe of Experiments 



This Polype^ the Day preceeding, had 

 fwallowed a Worm above an Inch long, 

 which it would not take at the Time I offer- 

 ed it; but having left the Worm in the 

 Glafs of Water with the Polype, though it 

 had crawled to fome Diftance from it, w^hen 

 I came to look two Hours afterwards, I could 

 not find the Worm : but from the fwelling 

 and fadden Increafe of Bulk in the Polype^ 

 I had good Reafon to fufped: its having 

 fwallowed it. And I now difcovered that 

 the Fad; was really fo : for, upon this 

 Divifion, good Part of the Worm came, 

 undigefled, out of the Body or Stomach of 

 the Polype, and was by me pulled away with 

 the Point of a Pin, after I had viewed it 

 with the Microfcope, and fully convinced 

 myfelf what it was. I examined, likewife, 

 the Head and Body thus fever'd, by the fame 

 Inflrument, and obferved, that the Arms in 

 the Head- Part contracted themfelves at firft, 

 and became as fliort as I believe they could, 

 in which Pofition they formed an exad Star 

 with ten Radii or Points : but upon putting 

 it in frefli Water, after about a Minute, the 

 Arms extended very much. The Body- 

 Part fhewed alfo undoubted Proofs of Life, 

 by becoming fometimes longer and fome- 

 times fliorter, exadly in the fame Manner 

 as it had done before Cutting, 



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