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Cavity, bellying out immediately below the 

 Mouth. Dn Parsons, who was with me, 

 made a very exadl Drawing of its Appear- 

 ance, from which the fmall One below is 

 copy'd. 



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By faying I found it on the Tail-End, I 

 Would not be underftood to mean that it wa5 

 fixed by the Tail, as Polypes ufually are j for 

 it did not adhere at all. But the Tail-End 

 being fomewhat flattiih, it had placed itfelf 

 thereon, and feemed to chufe that Pofition: 

 for when I put it on one Side, it quickly 

 turned itfelf upright again, 



July^ 7.— Looking on my Polype this 

 Morning, I found it divided in two Pieces a 

 little below the Circle of its Mouth and 

 Arms. The Head-Part had turned itfelf 

 right again, and appeared with its Arms like 

 a Star, as in the Head of the firft Experi- 

 ment, The Body was flill inverted, but 

 tnore colourlefs than yefterday, (limy, and 

 without any Signs of Life that I could be 

 certain of. 



I put 



