An 'Examination of the 



of living Soles with the Decreafe of 

 the fuppofed Embryoes, in cafe he 

 had obferved them to drop off after 

 a certain Time ; more particularly 

 had he fet apart a certain Num- 

 ber for daily Obfervation in the Mi- 

 crofcope, which would have enabled 

 him, if his Opinion is true, to have 

 given us an Account of their gradual 

 Progrefs, till the Time of Hatching* 

 For it is not impoffible that in a 

 Quantity of Sea- Water fome very 

 few fmall Soles might have been 

 contained at firft un perceived. For 

 my own Part, I have been prevent- 

 ed from making thefe Obfervations by 

 being obliged to remove to fome 

 Diftance from the Sea, foon after I 

 had examined the Object taken from 

 fome living Shrimps, in the Micro - 

 fcope ; the Defcription however which 

 I fhall give of it, together with a 

 Singularity in it that had efcaped 

 Mr. DeJlandeSy will, I believe, be a 

 fufficient Encouragement to induce 

 thofe Gentlemen, who may be fi- 

 tuated near the Sea, to obferve it 

 with more Accuracy ; and this is all 

 I am able to advance upon the 

 Subjcd at prefent, which is in re- 



