1 1 8 A Courfe of Experiments 

 fe6t Folype ; which it now, in all Refpe^ls, 

 appeared to be, excepting that its Body was 

 Ihorter, and its repaired Horns not quite fo 

 long as the reft. It was moft grievoufly tor- 

 mented v^^ith minute Infedls ; an hundred at 

 leaft crawling about its Body, Head and 

 Arms "^ . They fometimes launched into 

 the Water, fwam about for a while, and 

 then returned to the Folype. Their Shape 

 is fomewhat like a Millepes^ or Hog-Loufe, 

 The Back rifes in the Middle, is fpotted, 

 and feems to be a Sort of Shell. The Head 

 projects an elevated Nofe or Snout, which 

 appears tranfparent. They creep along the 

 Polype very nimbly, and when put from it 

 into the Water, fwim but awkwardly, with 

 an unfteady and wabbling Motion. 



The above Defcription will be better un- 

 der ftood by the Figures underneath. 



Thefe Lice were taken notice of by 

 Mr. Leeuwenhoek at his firft difcover- 



See Page 76. 



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