194 Motions of the Polype, 



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*^ fcattered *. 



Since the preceeding Sheets have been 

 printed off^ my worthy Friend Mr. Miles 

 has fent me fome Polypes, taken by him at 

 Tooting ; with an exa6t Defcription of the 

 Place where they were found j which I 

 fhall beg leave to infert, as it may prove of 

 Angular Service to dired: People in what 

 Sort of Places to fearch for them with a 

 Probability of Succefs, and alfo as it is a 

 Confirmation of what was faid before on 

 this Subjeft (Page 62.) from the Informa- 

 tion of fome other Friends. 



In a Letter, dated September 17, 1743, he 

 writes thus. — '* I have now the Satisfadion 

 ''to tell you, that I yefterday met with a 

 *' large Number of Polypes about a Quarter 

 " of a Mile from us, in a Place I had ne- 

 *^ ver examined till then. 



** It is a Ditch, fupplied from a Spring in 

 ** the Neighbourhood, that is never known 

 ^' fenfibly to increafe or decreafe ; the Wa- 

 " ter about a Foot deep, and the Bottom 

 " lined with a light ouzy Mud, confifling 

 " of the decayed Leaves of Plants and other 



* I have tryed the fame Experiment feveral Times with 

 cxadly the like Siiccefs, 



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