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XXXVII. An EJfay , towards elucidating the 
Hijlory of the Sea - Anemonies , by Abbe: 
Dicquemare, Member of fever al Acade- 
mies, Profejfor of Experimental Philofophy , 
See. at Havre de Grace. Communicated 
by Matthew Maty, M. D. Sec. R. S. 
Tdranflated from the French. 
Read Feb. ii,^ ijr jHat ever is relative to animals.; 
anciApnU,. ^ thdr mode of being, growth , 
and decreafe, propagation, flrength, actions, dif- 
tempers, food, length of life, and even the phe- 
nomena obferved at their death, are io many objects 
interefting to man. If his moral qualities bear no 
analogy with theirs, his natural conflitution admits 
of fimilarities between therm 
Memoirs pour fervir a Vhijloire des Anemones de Mer ; par 
Air. r Abbe Dicquemare, de plufieurs Academies Roy ales r 
Profejfeur de Pbyfique Experiment ale, an Havre dc 
Grace. 
T O U T ce qui a rapport aux animaux, leur maniere d’etre, fes 
accroiflsmens et decroifTemens qu’ilo eprouvent, leur ger.e- 
rauon, leur force, leurs actions, leurs maladies, leur nourriture, la ^ 
dtiree de leur vie, les phenomenes qu’ils nous prefentent me me 
a la mort, font autant d’objets qui doivent intereflbr Fhomme. 
Si fon etre moral n’ofFre avec eux aucune analogic, fa confu- 
tation phyfqae psrmet des fsmiiiitu'des-. 
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