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„tinated together by a viscid muciis. — I now suspect, 

 „that they were in the act ot' copulation, and that a 

 „mutiial influeiu'c takes place previous to the formatioa 

 „of the ova. From hence it appcars that each Joint is an 

 „individiial, yct dcp.'ndent lipon the head and othcr parts 

 „for its subsistence, the ineans of propagafion being as 

 „much in the power of every Joint, as it is in the power 

 „of a common snail, which is an hermaphrodite (obev belTtt 

 „animal androgynum )." fötfd^t nun fl6ct bnß bit 9i)t9(ittmig 

 «uf biffe 'ittt bi'i bcn Sittubiviumcrn vdc ficfj gicngc, fo nifl|Tte 

 man jTc micf) auf bie gcijlicbcitcn 9Maffnbanbunhincc aiiSDcft- 

 nni. 'i&ci be» gcfdlldiiiftiidjeu SBInfeiittM'ivmtrn fn wie beim 

 ScoImc- mug cini! aiibc« fintvctrn, unb eben fc bei Dcc 

 Tricuspidaria. 



5>ie anentifbvITen ?Si;ntu'r fvoilid) Ic^icn «Jicr, einige 

 tvemge inbcfTcn , wie j. iö. bcr Cucullanus bcust-is unb einige 

 bec fleiticn 3('?favibcn bringen (efienbe Siingen. (ii ift [idiev 

 boä angenefjniue ßdn^nfpiil, ;u [eljcn wie fi'ef) !>if 3""?"' fo 

 Icbt)aft im Seibe ficv 'OJiiutev bcnjcgcn. — 5>if ^Ja'nije bcc 

 ©ict ober bcv lebcnben S»iigf>'> njcldjc ein SSurm gcbafttt, 

 i(t flugeroi'bentlid) grog; tvcm S5efcd)nungen Oicffibev gefaHen, 

 bcc finbet fie bei ffioi'je. £'ie (5'cfMirt foitct vielen ^J'Mttevn 

 n)of)I bas Scben, idi l).ibe wenigftens ininicv geff()en, ba(s bie 

 Ascaris - bieten l)iev obei' ba plnljcn, unb baij nun bie ©et> 

 fd)laud)c (jeiau^treteu unb fid) bec Gier entlebigcn. (^?cld)e 

 ^er»or(>1ngcnbc öef,5Be bcr ©pultvürmer tjat man befnniitlicö 

 oft für junge ©pulwiirmev ge^fllten , bie nod) mit ber t)3tHt£ev 

 »crbunben waren.) S^ei bem Cucull.inus falje id) iiud). bie 

 3ungen nur nuö fold)en gepln^ren Stellen l'iervevgetien, unb 

 6te 9}}uttcv«)iivniev faiib id) Oetuad) goiij AUSgclec« «nb tobt 



