th the Polype.' t6% 



Patts thereof, having nothing to hold them 

 together on the Sides when cut, might fe- 

 parate in the Water immediately after Cut- 

 ting, and only hang together by the Tail- 

 Endj as at (d.) 



A 



^iSSSSZ 





'jf he Length and Shape of this Piece froriJ 

 the Time of Cutting feem fuitable to fuch 

 an Accident: and if it really was fo, the 

 Sides of each Part muft have grown together 

 circularly, formed a Body, and become ^ 

 compleat Polype ; and the Reafon it was not 

 difcovered fooner muft be, beca tfe the 

 Arms of one Part were cut off in the Ope- 

 ration. 



The other two Polypes formed of the Side- 

 Pieces appeared very well, and were greatly 

 fwelled with the Worms they eat yefterday*. 



'Tis unneceffary to tranfcribe my Diary 



any farther : but, in a word, they all four 



M a grew 



