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T[he Conclusion. 



TTAVING now, Sir, laid before you 

 •^ ^ the moft remarkable of my Experi- 

 ments, in relation to the cutting Polypes 

 afunder, and the Re-producSion of new 

 Parts to make each Piece a perfed: Polype ; 

 I fhall entreat your Patience a little longer, 

 whilft I add a few occafional Refledlions., 



When Accounts of the extraordinary 

 Properties of this Creature were communi- 

 cated to you from the Hague by the Honour^ 

 able Mr. Bentinck, from V erf allies by 

 Mr. Buff ON, and from Paris by Mr, 

 Reaumur, as well as by Mr. Trem- 

 ble y himfelf, all attefting the Truth there- 

 of upon their own repeated Experience; 

 they were received with a due Regard to 

 the Charafter and Reputation of the faid 

 Gentlemen, who are known full well to be 

 Perfons of too goodUnderftanding to be them- 

 felves impofed qn, and too much Honour and 

 Veracity to attempt to jrnpofe on Others: 

 tho* it was never expefted we fhould reft con- 

 tented with their Accounts without making 

 Experiments ourfelves: Nullius in Verba 

 being the wife Motto and eftablifli'd Maxim 

 of the Royal Society. But in refpedl 

 to the Reputation of the Royal Society, 



as 



