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which had placed their Eggs in part upon their Shells* 
and others had ho Eggs upon their Shells. This occa- 
sioned me to diffctt Several Mufcles again , whereupon 
at lad I difcovered the Ovarium of the Mufcle, and in 
a great many of them could fee the unborn Mufcies as 
perfeft, as we could fee them v/ith our naked Eyes , lying 
with their (harp end fadned to the String, or VefiTels, 
•by which they receive their Nourifhment. 
A few Days after my fore-mentioned Difcovery, fome 
Mufcles were brought me to buy, which were very lean, 
like fome of the fird Mufcles * and among era I obferv’d 
about 25 that bad not yet placed their Eggs upon their 
Shells, but mod of them were dill {hut up in the Ova - 
rium, from which I took a great Number of Eggs • 
which even through the Microfcope appear’d fo filial), 
that I could but juft difcover the Figure of them. In 
fome ether Mufcles the Eggs were bigger: And whereas 
the firft unborn Mufcles, which I judged to be fo perfidf, 
as to be ready to be placed upon the Shell, were of a 
brownidi Colour mixt with little fpecks$ fo the very 
fraall Eggs were clear and tranfparent ; but in the larger, 
one might difcover fome of the Parts of the little Fifti 
within. 
* 
Moreover' I took out of the Ovarium of one of jthe 
Mufcles fome Particles, that were as big as an unborn 
Mufcle, and which were fomewhat longer than broad 5 
being very white, and fome of them of a Particular Fi- 
gure : So that I ftood amazed, and began to confider 
with myfelf, whether thefe might not be fome of thofe 
Creatures, which are fo prejudicial to fuch as eat MuC- 
cles 5 as we had an Inftance fome Years ago of a Perfon,. 
whofe Body was fo fwelled with eating Mufcles, th$t 
it was thought he would have dyed of it. 
I turned my Thoughts afterwards upon the Confide- 
ration of the Excrements, or Food of the Mufcle, as it. 
lay in the Cuts : And I obferv’d a Cut, which had its 
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