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£ook them up as deep as we could that we might not hurt 
their Roots. 
I took out fevera! of thefe Weeds from the Pot one by 
one with a Needle very nicely, and put them into a Glats 
Tube of a fingers breadth filled with Water, and alfo in a 
lefler Tube^ and caufed the Roots of the Weeds to fubfide 
leifurely, and looking upon the fame with my Microfcope^ 
' I was {utprix'd with the fight of a great many and difELrent 
kinds of Animdcula^ of which two forts had long Tayls, 
whereby they feem'd faft linkt to the Roots of thofe Green 
Weeds. Thefe AmmalcuU were in fliape like a Bell, and 
they fo ftirr'd the round Cavity of their Bodies, that they 
put the fmall parts of the Water into fuch a motion, that 
I coold not fee thofe Inftruments they ufed to produce the 
faid motion- 
Andj tho I faw 20 of thefe Anlmdcula together, gently 
moving their long Tayls and out-llretcht Bodies, they con- 
traded their Bodies and Tayls in an inftant, and then foftly 
extended them again ^ and this kind of motion they con- 
tinued a great while, fo that it was very diverting to ob- 
ferve them. I caufed one of thefe Anlmdciilii to be drawn, 
jaft as it appear'd faften'd to the Roots of the afore faid Green 
Stuff, 
Fig, 6. a^ b, c, reprefentsone of thefe Green Weeds of a com- 
mon fize, as it lay upon the Water, and appeared to the 
naked Eye of the Limner. . 
Fig". 7. d, e, f, g, (hows you the very fame Weed as it ap- 
pear'd in the Glafs Tube .filled with Water, with the B.oots 
thereof extended. 
Fig, 8. h, i, k, 1, m, n, o, p, q, r, reprefents a fmal! part of 
the faid Root, as it appeared to the Painter in the Microfcrope. 
in whkh Roots were to be feen the Veffels with their divi- 
fions, thro the length of the whole Root ^ and thefe B.oots, 
I imagin, were of no longer ufe, and in a manner withered 5 
they were alio overgrown with a great many particular long 
