p6 Natural Hiftory 



An Account o/^ Clustered S'E.A-Voh^?-E.^ found in 

 the North Seas, 7iear the Pole. 



THIS I fliall call after Dr. Li7i?iceus\ Name, which he has 

 given the common Polypes, but very properly adapted 

 to this, Hydra Marina ArBica^ co?'poribus multis oBitentaculiSy 

 baft conju?7&is, ^ fcapo prcelongo oj'eoj fufle77tatis. 



This very uncommon Animal is here reprefented in Mi- 

 niature, at Fig. <?, Plate XXXVIl. to give us the clearer 

 Conception of its true Figure, as it appears in the Sea. 



It was taken by Captain Adrianz^ of the Britannia^ 

 while he was on the Whale-Fifhery, in the Summer 17531 

 fticking to his Sounding-line, at the Depth of 236 Fathoms, 

 in tlic Latitude of 79 Degrees North, 80 Miles from the 

 Coaft of Greenland. 



The upper Part of it confifls of 23 Bodies of Polypes, 

 united at their Tails to one common Bafe, fo as to form one 

 Animal, and appears in its natural Size, with Part of its 

 Stem, extending itfelf at Fig. A. 



Fig. B, exprefles it as it was received, after it had been 

 foaked in Water, and the 'Te7itaculi^ or Claws, ftretched out. 

 During the Time it was under Examination, it yielded a 

 rancid Smell like dried FiQi, tending to Putrefaftion, and 

 looked of a rufty Iron-colour. 



The crofs Seclion at F^ flievv's the Situation of the feveral 

 different Bodies : Ten occupy the outward Circle, nine the 

 next, and four the Centre. 



The Captain at the fime time took another of thefe Clu- 

 ftered Polypes, with above 30 Bodies united together; but 

 this, having met with feme Accident, a little below the 



I uniting 



