132 A Courfe of Experiments 



EXPERIMENT VIII. 



A Repetition of the foregoing Experiment^ 

 with different Succefs. 



M- 



A Ty I. — The Polype made ufeof in 



the laft Experiment having juft eat a 



Piece of Worm, and appearing very large 



and fine, I put it on a Slip of Paper in a 



Drop of Water, and repeated my former 



Operation of cutting it the long-vray from 



the Tail up to the Head, v^ithout dividing 



the Head. I performed the Operation at four 



o'clock this Afternoon, as well 



as could be wiftied, and upon 



putting it in a Glafs of Water, 



in a few Minutes it - had this 



Figure. 



In about a quarter of an Hour, two little 



Pieces of Worm came out of the Wound 



alive, and wriggled about in the Water. 



May, 2. — The Polype abovementioned 

 placed itfelf all this Day with its Head down, 

 and its hinder Parts upright, at the Bottom 

 of the Glafs, in a contradled State. The 

 two Ends of the Tail were in contadt, but 

 a large Opening appeared between them. 



This was its Figure. 



May 



