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but that thefe animalcules contained the laree 

 animal in miniature. He remarks *, ' Progene- 

 ratio animalis ex animalcule in feminibus maf- 

 culinis omni exceptione major eft ; nam, etiamfl 

 in animalculo ex femine malculo, unde ortum 

 eft, figuram animalis confpicere nequeamus, 

 attamen fatis fuperque certi eiTe poflumus 

 figuram animalis ex qua animal ortum eft, 

 in animalculo, quod in femine mafculo re- 

 peritur, conclufam jacere five efle : Et quan- 

 quam mihi laepius, confpedis animalculis in 

 femine mafculo animalis, imaginatus fuerim 

 me pofle dicere, en ibi caput, en ibi humeros, 

 en ibi femora ; attamen cum ne minima qui- 

 dem certitudine de iis judicium ferre potue- 

 rim, hucufque certi quid ftatuere fuperfedeo, 

 donee tale animal, cujus femina mafcula tarn 

 magna erunt, ut in iis figuram creaturae ex 

 qua provcnit agnofcere queam, invenire fe- 

 cunda nobis concedat fortuna.' This oppor- 

 tunity, fo much defired by Leeuwenhoek, hap- 

 pily occurred to Mr Needham. The fpermatic 

 animals of the calmar are three or four lines in 

 length, and are vifible without the affiftance of 

 the microlcope. Their whole parts and organi- 

 zation are eafily perceived. But they are by 

 no means fmall calmars, as Leeuwenhoek imagi- 

 ned. They are not even animated, though 

 they have motion, but are only machines, which 



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