148 A Courfe of Experiments 

 it in feveral Waters^ and by rubbing it gent- 

 ly with a Hair-Pencil, and the Help of a 

 Pair of Nippers, ufed with much Care and 

 Caution, I difengaged it pretty well there- 

 from; after which it lay contracfted, and 

 was very near as thick as long. 



May^ 16.— The two young Ones on the 

 Body- Part were advanced in their Growth, 

 as in the Figure A. The Tail-Piece appear- 

 ed white and ftood upright and eontradted, 

 as at B> 



May, 17.— The largeft young One pic- 

 tured yeftefday on the Head-Part was fallen 

 off this Morning; and the other fo far grown, 

 as to (hew the Appearance of two Arms. A 

 new Production was likewife puflied out at 

 the very Extremity of the pofterior End, 

 and feemed (as all the Parts lay extended) 

 to be merely a Continuation thereof. See 

 Fig. A. 



The Tail-Piece lay along as at B, looking 

 white and clear, but I think fomewhat more 

 opake at the anterior End than it has appear- 

 ed lince it was cut off, 



May,j 



