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I alfo obferv’d many long and very clear Particles; the 
longed of which, as far as I could judge, was about the 
Diameter of a Hair of ones Head ; others were not a 
fourth part fo long 5 and by the guefs of my Eye, their 
thicknels was not the eighth part of their length; and 
they were as clear as Cryftal : fo that l imagined them 
to be Salt Particles. 
I alfo obferv’d feveral little Particles in the Matter I 
took out of the Stomach, which I concluded to be Grafs, 
or fome thing like it. They were compos’d of very 
fmall Tubes or PipSs, which I fuppofe to be the fmall 
Parts of Grafs; for the Pipes were much too fmall lor 
any Straw. 
In that Matter that f took out of the Stomach, I 
likewife obferv’d feveral very fmall Animalciila fwiming.; 
and had not till now perceiv’d the Stomach fo full of 
Food, nor of fo thin a Subftance as this was. 
I have moreover obferv’d, that in all the great Num- 
ber of Mufcles I have open’d, there were Ovaria or Egg* 
Neds in them ; and I have taken the Eggs out of them; 
And in thofe that I open’d lated, I observed that the 
Eggs were bigger than I had feen any before. So that I 
concluded that all Mufcles brought forth young oneS; 
and that the Eggs that were found on the ontfide of the 
Shell were not all laid, by the Mufcle itfelf; but that 
other Mufcles did alfo lay their Eggs upon each others 
Shells ; and accordingly I have obferved fome Shells that 
were covered all over with Eggs. 
During the motion of thofe Parts that have been men' 
tioned above, which I (ball here call the Beard of the 
Mufcle, I have obferv’d feveral times two or. three A* 
tiimdcuU fwimmsng; and the fmall Parts. that -lay round 
about were put into fuch a Motion, that one would be 
apt alfo to take them for Animalcula , And according to, 
my Judgment, after feveral Ohfervations, if not all, ye& 
at lead mod of the Shell Fifa, bring, forth young with' 
