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Some further Ohfervatiom of Mr, ]ohw Templer ] about the Jhimng 
of Glom worms ^$Gemmi>,ji,ohhekrnaf. 
I Have now fent you what my JoofMl wi!i further 
afford upoa that fubjed: 3 I wrote to you formerly 
of. 
Jum I. 71* Uponfeveral tryalls of different pofitioos 5 I 
find the Glow-worm not to ihine fbrnetimes when in motion, 
but I could never yet fee her ftiine^ when not in motion of 
fomepart. 
June8» i6yi^ after fome days abfence from home, putting 
the GloW'Worm into an Urinal of white Glafs, at 9 a clock at 
night, ihe crawled nimbly in it, and extended her felf be* 
yond an ordinary length 5 yet her fhining not fo clearjas in her 
box when opened ; Putting the urinal into the water for about 
i an hour, it gave a very delightful irradiation of the water. 
When this light feemed wholly estincSt^ although flie was in 
motion, if Idepreffed the urinal into the water, till the bot- 
tom almofl: touched the bottom of thebafon^ I could (upon 
looking in at the top of the urinal) fee a very fair light, but 
upon lifting the glafs out of the water, I could difcern very 
little ihining ; Then putting her into her box , (he did in 
about a minutes time (for I tryed it twice over by a 
watch,) aimoft ten times increafe her former fhining in the 
urinaU 
June After a fecond abfence , the worm feemed 
dead, and being fhut in a box, would give no light through it 
betwixt 9 and 12 a clock at night 5 but in the uncovered box, 
or in the urinal flie did Ihine faintly, and the light was of a far 
different colour from what it was formerly. 
June 15.71* She feemed dead. I touched her with a needle 
gentlyjwhereupon fhe flretched out one of her legs, and by it 
(when I inclined the pofition of the box) fhe flayed her whole 
body from falling ; whereas before fhe rowled from one fide 
of the box to the other^as I inclined or reclined ic. Note,that 
Bbbb before 
