Fon SEMINAL VERMICULI.s Te 
** gence fuperior to our’s, it is that which knows 
“ the hiftory of fpermatic vermiculi, and that of 
“ the moft myfterious produdtions of the globe,’” 
“part 12 and 13. You may fee in Articles 131, 
© £32, 1335 134, 135, of my Corps Organifés, 
* that in my youth | attempted to ftudy animal- 
* cula.. Obferve what is faid on this occafion in, 
© Article -135, concerning thofe of infufions.. 
“ Refpecting. the appearance of animalcula in 
“ fubftances that have been boiled or expofed 
* to adegree of heat at which we cannot con- 
** ceive any animal may furvive, the difficulty 
“ought not to furprife us too much, as. it is 
*¢ founded only on our ignorance of the heat 
‘+ that certain animals may fupport.  Befidess, 
“¢ it is not certain that the animalcula were not 
« in the infufed fubftances. Perhaps they might 
<¢ inhabit the air confined in the veffel, and pafs 
«from it to the infufion. Perhaps there is a 
‘¢ perpetual circulation of aerial animaleula in 
© organized bodies, and in bodies organized in 
“¢ the air. 
<«¢ No animalcula are better adapted than feminak 
«“ yermiculi to demonftrate how well it pleafes. 
«the Supreme Wifdom to multiply fentient be- 
«ings, and leave no portion of nature void. 
« Could we have fufpected that this precious li- 
“ guid, the reproductive principle of large ani- 
* mals, is at the fame.time deftined for’ the 
s¢ aliment and pleafure of an innumerable mul. 
* titude 
