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Buffon having examined a new drop of femen, 

 ten or twelve hours after coming from the ani* 

 nial, he faw the whole corpufcula proceed in 

 crowds from the fame fide where there was a net 

 of filaments which continually produced them. 

 The fize of the net gradually diminifhed, and at 

 length appeared lefs by one half. 



In his firil obfervation, the author thought the 

 corpufcula gradually became fmaller, at the fame 

 time he was not certain ; however, another ob- 

 fervation convinced him of it. 



He then cbferved the feniinal fluid of a dog. 

 It was clear, and without filaments. The ovular 

 corpufcula almofl refembled thofe in the human 

 femen completely, only he found them more ac- 

 tive and lefs numerous. On the fourth day, 

 very few had threads. 



In another portion of the feminal fluid of the 

 fame dog, befide this, he faw corpufcula proceed- 

 ing from a mucilaginous fubflance in the femen, 

 that feemed internally animated by an inflating 

 motion, which induced him to thinly the mucous 

 {welled in fome parts forming little tumours. All 

 thefe corpufcles were without a thread. The 

 fifTure of fome changed : they extended, con- 

 tracled, and were inflated ; and, amidft thefe 

 wonderful operations, divided afunder, each giv-? 

 mcr exiftence to two corpufcifila, whofe figure and. 



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