Of the Tarina Fivcundans 



firsce the Inftance he gives of their 

 (d) fubfifting upon his Objedt-Glafs 

 five entire Months, imports the exterior 

 Cafe at lean: to be very durable, 

 perhaps cartilaginous like that of the 

 Milt-VelTel of the Calamary. 



In effect, if my Conjecture prove 

 agreeable to Truth, which in pro- 

 cefs of Time more exadt Obferva- 

 tions may determine, the Analogy 

 between the Vegetable and Animal 

 World in this Particular will appear 

 to be ft ill greater than has been 

 hitherto imagined, as the Nature of 

 the Farina foecundans, and its Ac- 

 tion upon the Application of Water, 

 not unlike that of the Milt-Veffels 

 mentioned above, imply fomething 

 of a fimilar Mechanifm within the 

 Globules contrived for the fame 

 Purpofe. 



sc {a) Non raro accidit, ut animalculorum ex 

 ce Arietum fernine mafculino (quae per quinque con- 

 " tinuos menfes vitro impolita jacuerant, atqae 

 '* microfcopiis oppofueram) corpora exiguo peni- 

 <e cillo in aqua pluvia madefa&o, quam leniffime 

 " reciproco motu fricarem, &c." Ep. 137. ad 

 Reg, Soc. Tom. 3, pag, 305. 



