1 1 q An 'Examination of the 



in all ; and what is ftill more re- 

 markable, even its Situation too, which 

 is not in a Line parallel to the fup- 

 pofed Back-bone of the Sole, but 

 inclining, and forming an acute 

 Angle with it ; nor does it ever, as 

 I could obferve, vary its Pofture any 

 otherwife, than by a very flow waving 

 Motion of the Tail, fcarce perceptible 

 by an ordinary Magnifier, tho' if 

 feparated from the fuppofed Sole, and 

 immediately placed upon the concave 

 Objeft-Glafs of the Microfcope with a 

 Drop or two of Sea-Water, without 

 which it foon perifhes, it moves its 

 Antennas and Legs very vigoroufly, 

 appearing in every Refpefl: to be an 

 Animal arrived at its utmoft Per- 

 fection. 



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What therefore this Infeft is, what 

 the fuppofed Embryo Sole, and whence 

 that Spawn comes which is lodged 

 in the Cavity of its Back, cannot 

 pofiibly in my Opinion be determin- 

 ed by any of the foregoing Circum- 

 ftances, till fome more exaft Ob- 

 fervations concur to fet the Matter 

 in a clearer Light, for which all ima- 

 ginable Care, and conftant Atten- 

 dance 



