fuppofed Emiryoes of Soles. 



But the greateft Singularity, which 

 has efcaped Mr. Dejlandes, is a fmall 

 In feci about the Size of a Grain of 

 coarfe Sand, with fixteen Legs, two 

 fmall Antennae, two prominent Eyes 

 fomething like thofe of the Shrimp, 

 and a Body articulated like that of 

 the Wood-loufe ; fattened (as I ima- 

 gined, thoM am not fure of it) by 

 a fmall Ligament to the Surface of 

 the Tail ; which, if it be really fo, 

 as it appeared to me to be upon, 

 feparating the Animal from the Sur- 

 face of the Tail of the Sole, muft 

 necelTarily convey Nourifhment to 

 it ; for after viewing it in all poffible 

 Situations, I could difcover no Ap- 

 pearance of any Mouth, by which 

 the Creature might feed itfelf. The 

 moft furprifing Circumftance, how- 

 ever, is, that this Animalcule is the 

 only one of its Kind upon the Em- 

 bryo Sole ; in the Examination of 

 which Particular all imaginable Pre- 

 cautions, that the moft exact Enqui- 

 ry can demand, w r ere taken to pre- 

 vent any Miftake, and not one of 

 thefe fuppofed Embryo Soles was 

 without it. The In feci: is in Size 

 grid every other RefpeCt the fame 



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