1 1 6 A Courfe of Experiments 



EXPERIMENT III. 



A Polype cut in three Pieces 

 tranfverjly, 



yiPRIL, 13, 17^, I cut 2i Polype m 

 •^^ three Pieces, by dividing it acrofs the 

 Body in two Places. The Animal being 

 fmall, and contracting during the Operation, 

 my Performance was not exa(5lly to my 

 Wifh : for in cutting off the Head-Part four 

 of the Arms were feparated, and the Divifi- 

 ©n was flanting, as in the Figure. 



The black Line fhews the Place of the 

 firft Sedion. 



I then immediately fubdivided the Tail- 

 Part in two Pieces ; whereof that next the 

 Head-End, which I fhall term the middle 

 Piece, was extreamly fmall. 



The Divifion was as the Figure fhews. 



Aprils 



