ANIMAL PLANT. 
be of animal substance. The stem, or neck, 
appeared to be a hollow pipe of a rigid lea- 
thery substance; thick set with small points, 
which made it feel rough. The stem was 
rooted, or fixed, to a stone: and, from the root, 
sprung some small coralline shrubs ; as did, 
also, some few, from the stem itself. A kind 
of worm seemed to shoot from the root, of the 
substance of the stem ; which, by some, was 
supposed to be the rudiment, or first appear- 
ance, of another Polype, of the same species." 
Such is the account given by Edwards of 
this wonderful natural produ6lion ; which, he 
adds, " is in the hands of Alexander Russel, 
M. D. and F. R. S. of the College of Phy- 
sicians, London. It was found in the mouth: 
of the Great River St. Lawrence, in North 
America.' ' 
Of the Polypes, or Animal Plants, there 
appear to be several kinds: they are marine 
produ6tions; and, probably, are tough vege- 
table substances, inclosing animals, after the 
manner of the shells, and other crustaceous co- 
verings, of so many descriptions of fishes and 
at^uatic 
