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fomefhimng Worms mGyfters ; M. Au^out, being made ac- 
quainted with it, did firft conceive, they were not VVGrnis 
(unlefs they were crulhedoncs) thatfliin'd, as having not 
been able thcii to difcern any parts of aWornii but only fome 
fliining clammy moyfture ; which appeared indeed like ahttle 
Star of a biewifli colour , and ftuck to the Oyfter-fhell ; be- 
ing drawn out , flione in the Air its whole length(wh!ch was 
about four or five lines.) and when put upon th^ Gbjervers 
hand, continued toihine there far fome time. 
2. That M* ^«;^i!7«^ after wards^caufing more than 20. dou- 
zen of Oyftcrs to he opened at Candle-light , really faw, 
inthedark,fuch {hining worms in thems and thofe of three 
forts. One fort was whitifti , having 24* or 25. feet on each 
fide, forked i ablack fpcck on one fide of the head (takea 
by him for a Ckryflallin) & the backlike an Eele^ftript off her 
skin The fecond^ved y and refembling the common G/cn^- 
wormsjionnd at Land, with folds upon their backs , and feet 
liKC the former j and with a nofc like that of a dog , and one 
eye in thi^ head The tbird fort was fpeckled, having a head 
like that of a Sole, with many tufts of whitifli hair on tht 
fides of it, 
3. That, befides thcfe, the Qbferver faw fome much bigger, 
that were grayifli, with a big head, and two horns on it^ like 
thofe of a Snayl, and with 7 .or 8. whitifli feet^but thefe^though 
kept by him in the nighty fliin'd not. 
4. That the two firft forts are made of a matter eafily re- 
foluble, the feaft Aaking or touch turning them into a vif- 
cous and aqueous matter ; which tallirtg from the fiielt, ftuck 
to the Obfervers fingers, and flione there for the fpace of 20. 
feconds : and if any little part ot this matter, by ftrongly fliak- 
ingthefliell, did fall to the ground, it appeared like a little 
piece of a flaming Brimftone ^ and when fliaken off nimbly, it 
became like a fmall fliining Line, which was diflipated before 
it came to the ground. 
5. That 
