i 80 A Courfe of Experiments 



EXPERIMENT XXI. 



A young Polype becoming its Parent's 

 Head, 



yiTfGUST.iSy 1743. At 4 o'clock, 

 -^^ I cut a Polype which had twelve 

 Arms (although fix of them are only re- 

 prefcnted in the Drawing) and a young 

 One dependent with feven Arms > oppo- 

 fite to which, but nearer the Head, was 

 a fmall Protuberance, as reprefented un- 

 derneath^ where the Line A. fliews the 

 lEcilion^ 



" Augiifl^ 17. — The Head- Part was heal- 

 ** ed: the young Polype upon the Tai!- 

 " Part came away: the firft Protuberance 

 ** was increafed, and another appeared on 

 ^* the contrary Side, as the Figure fliews. 



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