f. That this Qiiniug matter was of different colour ; fomc^ 
whitifli, feme, reddifli ; but yet that they afforded both, a 
hght which appear'd a violet to his eye, 
6. That it is very hard to examine thefe worms en- 
tire ( efpecially the white ones) bec^ufe that at the leaft touch 
rhcy doe burft^ and refoive into a gkitinous moyfture; whence 
alio if it were not for their feec^ that are difcover'd in their 
matter, none would judge them to be Worms, 
7. That among thofcj which be obfervedj he fa w two more 
firm, than the reft^ which (hone all ovef 5 and when they fell 
from the Oyfter,twinkled like agrearftar , fliiniog ftrongly, 
and emitting rays of a violet- light by turns, for the fpace^ (as 
touch^t above) of 20. feconds. Which Scintillation the 
[erver imputes to this^ that thofe worms being alive, and fome- 
times railing their head, fometimes their tayle, likeaCarpe,, 
the light increafed and lefTened accordingly 5 feeing that, 
when they flione not, he did, viewing them by a Candle,, 
find them dead. - 
8. That forcibly fliaking the Oyfler.fliells in the dark, he 
foraetimes faw the whole iliel! full of lights, now and then as 
big as a fingers end ^ and abundance of this clammy matter, 
both red and whire, ( which he judges to have been Worms)} 
burft in their holes. 
9 . That in- the fliakina lie fow aH >heComrauiiications of 
thefe little Verminulous"' lioles^ life to theholcof Worms in; 
Wood. 
10 That in more than 20 douzen of Oyftershefliook i>0' 
fliell ( lo. or 12. excepted ) but it emitted light : And found: 
feme of this light in fixteen of the Oyfters themfelves, 
I r» That this light occurs more frequently i|i big,than finnll 
Oyfters in thofe that are pierced by the Worm^ oftner, than 
