I took another Glafs Tubc,^ and put into it a little of 
the fame Earth which I handled very tenderly, poiiring 
upon it fome of the boiled Water as before vvithojt fhak- 
ing it at all, that the Anmslcwlavmghi emerge the better, 
and after an hours time I faw above twenty ArtimalcuU 
fwimming, whereas in the firft I could perceive none 5 
and one of them thruft Wheels out of his Body. 
iNiow it will a^^pear ftrange to iome, that thefc AnintAU 
cula^ which ufually and naturally fwimin the Water, fhould 
befouncJinEarth that has not been moiftcnd by Rain or 
otherwife in feveral weeks 5 but they muft be informed,a$ 
1 have often found by experience, that feveral forts of very 
fmall Amtnalcuh are to be met with in Rain water, and 
efpecially in the Gutters on the taps of Houfes s for I 
have taken fome of theflimeor dirt of thofe Gutters 
after they have been dry above a year, and diluted the 
fame in boiled Water after it was cold, whereupon I 
faw feveral ^///«r^W*! fwimming^ and fome of them be- 
ting up folded almoft in a Globular Figure, extended theit 
Body leifurely, and then fwam about the Water. 
If it be objefted, how comes it to pafs that thefe Ant- 
malcnU that are meerly aquatil fhould be found on the 
Land feveral rods diftant from any Ditch 5 I anfwer, I 
conceive this to happen after the follov/ing manner. 
We have often found in a Storm, that the Water has 
been lo furioufly driven againfl the fides of the Ditches, 
and the parts of fuch Water fp minutely divided, th^t 
not only feveral of its fmalier Particles have been carried 
a great way into the Land by the ftrong Wind, but fome 
of them alfo thrufl up or attrafted even into the Clouds 5 
and I am confirmed in this opinion b) the following 
inftance ; I flood one time to obferve with what force, 
and how great a diftance aBleechef caft Water with his 
Scoop out of a Ditch upon his Linnrn t ^at was fpread 
over the Mudovv^w hereby many of ihe parrs of the Water 
were 
