*170 A Courfe of Experiments 



any fuch Chryfalis at London^ 1 fancy *d that 



perhaps I might perform this Operation by 



other Means, though fomewhat in the fame 



Manner. 



I fixed my Eye, for this Purpofe, on a 

 very large Polype of the long- tailed Sort, 

 with only fix Arms, that had no young One 

 iflfuing from it, and gave thereto one of the 

 biggeft Worms I couW getj the whole 

 whereof I was certain it could not poflibly 

 fwallow. The Polype feized the Worm im?- 

 mediately, and in lefs than a Quarter of an 

 Hour had gorged as much of it as its Body 

 was able to contain,- leaving one third Part 

 at leaft hanging from it? Mouth. 



Things fucceeding thus far to my Wifh, 

 J loofen'd the Polype'^ Tail from the Side of 

 the Glafs, took it out with a Scoop-Pen, and 

 put it on a wetted Slip of Paper; for I 

 judged it the beft Way not to remove it be- 

 fore it had fwallowed the Worm, left it 

 ihould refufe to eat afterwards. 



This done, I fet myfelf to work with 2^ 

 great deal of Care and Gentlenefs ; and fix- 

 ing my Paper whereon the Polype lay, by a 

 Pin, to the Writing-Delk where I fat, I 

 took hold of the Worm, by means of a Pair 

 of Nippers which I held in my Right- 

 Hand; and at the fame Inftant thrufting 

 againft the Polype's Tail with the Head of a 

 very fmall Pin, (the Point whereof I had 

 previoufly faftened into a Piece of Stick, 



which 



