l^he Conchfion. ziy, 



fl*iould be left for future Ages. Is not the, 

 high Relifh of Life in Children owing in \ 

 great Meafure to the Novelty of every thin^ 

 about them ? and muft it not be a Satisfac- 

 tion to refleft, that in the grand Univerfc 

 there is Room for new Difcoveries and Ob- 

 fervations on the Operations of the Deity 

 throughout all Eternity? 



Now, SiK, It IS high Time to put an 

 End to this long Letter, wherein I don't 

 pretend to give a full Account of this won- 

 derful Animal, the Polype^ but only a few 

 Obfervations made according to the bed of 

 my Judgment, and fome Experiments faith- 

 fully related; which, I hope, may ferve 

 to iatisfy the Enquiries of the Curious, till 

 they have Opportunities of examining and 

 judging for themfelves ; and it is with great 

 Satlsfad:ion I addrefs this Attempt to One in 

 whom the Scholar and the Gentleman are 

 remarkably united, and whofe Candor and 

 Good-nature wUl, I know, fet others an 

 Example of excufing its Inaccuracies and 

 Defeds : One fo fmgularly happy as to be 

 Mailer of every Science without Pride, Af- 

 fectation, or Vanity: affable, courteous, 

 and communicative to All : a zealous En- 

 courager of every Kind of Knowledge, and 

 a fteady Advocate for Truth.— Happy is the 



Royal 



