Of the Calamary*$ 



To prepare this Objedt for the 

 Microfcope, it muft be expanded 

 upon a concave Objedt- Glafs ; which 

 may be moft conveniently done, as 

 it is but minute, by infinuating in- 

 to the Cavity of the Throat-part a 

 fine Needle, by means of which 

 breaking thro' the fmall Ligament, 

 the two Sides of it are fevered with- 

 out Injury, and laid open to the 

 beft Advantage. Then inftilling two 

 or three Drops of Water into the 

 concave Objedt-Glafs, warn it fuccef- 

 fively feveral Times, ufing at the 

 the fame Time the Point of your 

 Needle, which if gently applied from 

 the Tip of the Tongue downwards 

 in the Direction of the Teeth, will 

 by Degrees feparate, and extradt out 

 of its Interfiles the minute flefhy 

 Parts : 'Let this be continued, till 

 it appears clear and bright to the 

 naked Eye. The third or even the 

 fifth Magnifier of the double re- 

 fiedting Microfcopes will then fuffice 

 to difcover the Beauty and Sym- 

 metry of its minute ft Parts. 



I (hall give as exadt a Defcripti- 

 on of it as I can exprefs in Words, 



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