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LEEUWENHOEK AND HIS LITTLE ANIMALS ” 
diminished, I poured in well-water, in which were living 
animalcules. After the lapse of an hour, I examined this 
water; and whereas I had seen before very few of the 
animalcules inclining to an oval figure, I now saw many 
of them, together with animalcules that were twice as 
long as broad, besides the animalcules that were in the 
well-water, and a very few animalcules with tails. I 
added 8 fresh cloves to this water, wondering whether 
the animalcules in it would then die. 
The 4th of September, the animalcules as before, 
saving that the animalcules with tails were so diminished, 
that I descried but 2 or 3 of ’em. 
The 5th ditto, the animalcules inclining to an oval 
figure were in greater plenty; and I saw a few of those 
that were twice as long as broad, but none of the animal- 
cules that had been in the well-water, nor of the 
animaleules with tails. 
The 6th ditto, I perceived no other animalcules than 
those tending to an oval. 
The 7th of September, saw animalcules which inclined 
to an oval, without being able to make out any other sort. 
However, they were decreased rather than increased, and 
their motion was not quicker, but rather slower. 
The 8th of September, the motion of the animalcules 
even slower, and they were no more plentiful. 
The 9th ditto, in the morning, at 8 o’clock, the animal- 
cules as before: and because the motion was so slow, 
I added a little well-water. And in this well-water there 
were many very little living animalcules. Dvtto, in the 
afternoon, at 4 o’clock, I now saw the animalcules that 
had been in the well-water still alive in plenty in this 
clove-water; and the other animalcules were now moving 
more lively. Ditto, in the evening at 8 o’clock, the 
animalcules that had been living in the well-water were 
now almost all of them dead; so that I was able to see 
but 2 or 3 alive after several observations. 
The 10th ditto, at 9 o’clock in the morning, no animal- 
