1 68 A Courfe of Experiments 



Juney 1 6. The Body was evidently 



grown longer and larger, but in the Form 

 of a Cone. It feemed in full Health and 

 Vigour, and appeared extending its Arms, 

 as below at A. 



yune^ 17.— Its Figure this Morning dif- 

 fered not from that of yefterday, excepting 

 that the Body was a little more extended. I 

 gave it a fmall Worm, which it now made 

 a Shift to fwallow Fart of: the Remainder 

 was left hanging out of its Mouth, as at B, 

 ^nd continued fo fome Hours, 



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I obferved it frequently for feveral Days 

 after this, and took notice of very little 

 Alteration, befides the Growth of its Body. 

 It was fed every two Days, and fometimes 

 oftner : and appeared fo like other Polypes 

 that I feldom examined it with Glaffes; but 

 placing it before the Microfcope again, on 

 the jBrft of July^ to my great Surprize I 

 found it had then ten Arms, inftead of 

 nine which it had at firft; and that three 

 of the Arms iffued out below the reft, and 

 made as it were the Beginning of another 



Row, 



