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grew languid as foon as it was expofcd to the Air, 
and recovered fome Vivacity as foon as it was put in- 
to a little Sea-water. 3. That, as foon as it was put 
in the Water, it fent out from its Mouth a little green, 
alinofl imperceptible Thread, which kept itfeif fuf- 
pended in the Water, and was about as long as its Bo- 
dy, and was as fine as the fineft Thread of a Spider’s 
Web: After this Thread was put forth, it emitted alfo 
from the fame Place fome little Bubbles of Air. 
4. That the Body of this Worm decreafed in Bulk 
by little and little as long as it was alive, and that, 
after its Death, this Diminution either ceafed, or be- 
came lefs fenlible . 5*. That having cut its Belly through 
with a Pair of Scilfars, as foon as it was dead, and 
fqueezed it, there came out a black, thick Liquor. 
From thefe Fads we can draw but; very (len- 
der Confequences. It is certain that this Infed can- 
not live out of the Watery fo that one cannot ima- 
gine it could live in the Stomach of any Land- 
Animals, unlefs they came near the Nature of the 
Amphibious^ for the Worms which grow upon, or 
within the Bodies of Animals, ought to be of the fame 
Nature with them, with Regard to the Elements in 
which they live. Our Worm feems to be incapable 
of living any where but in the Bodies of Fifh, feeing 
it kept alive but a very little Time in the Sea- water, in 
which I put it, having been expofed to the Air but 
one .Moment at two different Times ^ which was not 
fufhcient to alter its Parts, and caufe its fudden Death. 
The almoft immediate Diminution of its Bulk in the 
Water is another Mark that it cannot live in the Sea 
out of the Body of the fame Fifli i for if the Water, 
which 
