fuppofed Embryoes of Soles. 



dance, as well as Situation near the 

 Sea is neceflary. For my own Part^ 

 if I had not Mr. De/landes's Autho- 

 rity, the common Notion of Fifher- 

 men upon Coafts very diftant from 

 each other, the Shape and Structure 

 of the fuppofed Embryo Sole, and 

 the current Opinion that all Shrimps 

 (unlefs this Species may be excepted, 

 which I have not heard of) carry 

 their Spawn between their Legs, as 

 Lob/lers and Cray-fijh do, till they 

 are hatched, together with the ad- 

 ditional Circumltance of the Ani- 

 malcule being in Size and every o- 

 ther Refpe£t invariably the fame in 

 all, to encounter with, I fhould be 

 inclined to think (from a micro- 

 fcopical View of the Spawn inclofed 

 in the Cavity, the Animalcule and 

 its Situation, as well as the Obfer- 

 vation of its being Single, and fixed 

 to the Place by a Ligament, or 

 whatever elfe it may be in the 

 Nature of & funiculus umbi lie alls af- 

 fording it Nourishment,) that this 

 Animalcule is a Shrimp in its firft 

 State, which poflibly undergoes as 

 many Changes as moffc terreftrial 

 In feds do, before it arrives to its 



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