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mony as a Debt to the Truth, I fhall without further 
Difficulty proceed to give it : And this I the more 
readily do, as Monfteur Trembley has favoured me 
with the Prefent of thefe frnall Bodies, and has taken 
care to have them conveyed over to me with the 
greateft Care, on purpofe that I fhould examine them 
with Stridnefs, that I might truly report what I did 
really fee ; and that I might have it in my Power to 
Ihew them to others alfo, who fhould be willing to 
give any Attention to them, and convince thern- 
ielves with their own Eyes of the very remarkable 
Thanomena they afford. 
I received the In feds in Queftion, on Thurfday the 
ioth of this infant March , in the Afternoon; the 
Water in which they were contained was grown foul 
at Sea, fo that I immediately poured fome of it off, 
and fupplied it with frefh : After which going out 
prefently to attend the Meeting of this Society, I 
could give them no further Attention till the next 
Morning ; f nee which time I have miffed as few 
Opportunities as poflible, either of obferving them 
myfelf, or of fhewing them to fuch other of my 
Friends, as have done me the Honour of callins; at my 
Houfe. ° * 
I have found, thatmoft of thofe I have particularly 
viewed, and that feem pretty well grown, have Ten 
Horns or Arms; but I have feen a few with Eleven, 
fome others with no more than Nine, and one I have 
taken notice of, that had Fourteen : The leffer ones 
have frequently but Six of thefe Arms, and thofe have 
the feweft I have yet obferved. 
The Strudure of the Arms, when looked at with 
the Microfcope, is very curious : Each feems to con- 
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