( Hn ? ^ 
fight, being in colour like Oak, and in feveral places befet 
with round Bubbles, juft as if they were compas*d of fuch 
Particles. 
G and D reprefent fome ot thefe Particles of the Figure 
of a Rofe, which feem to confift of round Bobbles, asalfo 
tho the Stalks of them are fo fine that I could not per- 
ceive them to be united to the main Branch, however when 
that mov'd they raov'd alfo. 
As fbon as the Water was pour'd out of the Glafs Tube 
I immediately viewed the faid Branch, and between two 
of the Sprigs B Dand BE, I faw two of the ImallAnimalcuIa 
fwimming in the little Water which remained unexhaled a- 
mongft the Twigs, and their Figure was like the Bubbles 
that were defcribed by H. During thefe my obfervations I 
difcovered an exceeding fmall Particle breaking off from one 
of the Particles or Bubbles under the faid letter H. and prc- 
featly fwum oflf with a fmall motion, but the whole fpace 
of its progrefs was notabove a hairs breadth ^ the faid fmall 
Particle was certainly an Animalculum, for I could plainly 
fee it turn and wind it felt about 5 I obferved a little motion 
alfo in another of thefe Particles or Bubbles^that I have (aid 
before were like a Rofe, but that Particle remained ftill en- 
tire. 
On the fides of the fame Tube lay feveral other fmilf 
Branches, but they Were not fo perfed as the firfl: Figure, 
and when the Water \k^as pour'dout, they appeard like Fig, 
2.1 K L and Fig 3. M N O. 
What (hall we fay concerning thefe Boughs or little Trees ? 
We can't imagine that they proceed from a Seminal Matter 
in the Water.but rather with fubmiffion to better Judgments^ 
chat they arc composed of that Matter which ranging in fmali 
Particles thro the Water, does by a kind of natural iiiclina- 
tion cement or coagulate into one body 5 and this will not 
feem ftrange to any one who has fcen the like experiment 
in the fileingof Iron, for if you apply that part of the fron 
riiat is filed and remains ftill Ww^rm to the Filings, it will im^ 
medir 
