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petted, for the other often gets the prey out of it's ftomach, but 

 lets it out again found and fafe, after having imprifoned it above 

 an hour. From hence we learn, that the ftomach of the polype, 

 which fo foon diflolves the animal fubftances which are conveyed 

 into it, is not capable of digefting that of another polype. 



Fig. 5, Plate XXIV. A, reprefents a polype with one-half of a, 

 millipedes in it's mouth, as at a ; the other part without as at m. 

 Fig. 1, Plate XXIV. A, reprefents one fufpended in water by a 

 piece of packthread ; c n, a millipedes feized by it, and drawn 

 partly towards the mouth ; io the bendings in the arm ; p an 

 arm in fearch of a fmall aquatic in feci. Fig, 2, Plate XXIV. A, a 

 polype ftretching itfelf into a boat-like form, to take or Aval low 

 a worm lying fideways. Fig. 4, Plate XXIV. A, the fame polype 

 with the worm fwallowed and bent within it. Fig. 6, the fame 

 plate is a polype in the fituation they generally aftume when they 

 have fatisfied their voracious appetite. Fig. 7, one that has fwal- 

 lowed a fmall monoculus. a, Fig. 9, one whofe arms are loaded 

 with monoculi. Fig. 10, a polype full of them from head to tail. 

 Fig. 3, one that has only fwallowed a few of them. 



In this paragraph I fhall fpeak of fome of the figures contained 

 in Plate XXIV. B. Fig, 12, a worm feen within the fkin of a 

 polype. Fig. 13, difgorging the excrementitious parts thereof. 

 Fig. 1 1 reprefents one engaged with a very large worm. 



Fig. 8, Plate XXIV. A, reprefents two polypes engaged in 

 combat for a worm, of which both of them have fwallowed a 

 part. 



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