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Contradlng and extending its probofds, turn- 
ing it to and fro, in various diredlions, as at 
a, b, r, e. It opens its probofcis under- 
neath the extremity, when it feizes its prey. 
The lefs adive animals^ that have lately been 
divided, fuch as thofe at Fig. 2. a. and Fig, 3, 
ferve it as food when they come in its 
way : thefe it fwallows down inflantly, as it 
is reprefented at Fig. 6. h. and /. At (/) 
it is ready to divide, and at (^) it is divided, 
where the hinder part of the divided ani- 
mal has got a probofcis or beak, to procure 
nourifliment for itfelf, and foon becomes 
a diftindl being from the fore-part. 
Fig. 7. reprefents the appearance of the falts 
in hempfeed, after a month’s infufion, from 
the 25th of February to the 25th of March, 
in New-river water. 
Fig. 8. The falts, about a month after, April 
25, appeared in this manner. 
Fig. 9. Thefe figures reprefent them about the 
5th of May, or ten days after. 
Fig. 10. About the 20th of May, they exhi- 
bited the figure of precious flones. 
Fig. II. Thefe I have called feminal falts, 
as thefe fmall figures are to be feen in 
mod: of the infufions, rifing at different 
times, and exhibiting thefe lhapes, when 
they firft appear diftindly, 
Fig. 12. reprefents the falts of hempfeed in 
diftilled water, that had been infufed from 
the 30th of April to the 12 th of May. 
Fig. 
