184 ^ Courfe of Experiments 



EXPERIMENT XXII. 



A cut Polype producing a young One^ but 

 mi repairing itfelf\ 



'' ylUG US% 22, 1743. After I had 

 '* -^^ obftrved a young Polype become it- 

 *^ felf an Head to the headlefs Part which 

 " produced it, I was delirous to try whe- 

 " ther this Appearance was fo extraordinary 

 *^ as it feemed to me, not having been 

 *' mentioned in any of the Accounts of 

 *^' thefe Creatures I have feen ^ and there- 

 *' fore, at twelve Minutes aft^r eleven, I 

 *^ cut a Polype with five Arms, which had 

 " alfo a young One with five Arms depen- 

 " dent on it, as reprefented in the Figure 

 *' underneath, where the Line B fhews tbq 

 " place where it was cut. 



'^^ Auguft, 24. — I found it much the fame 

 as when cut. 



