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July the 1 2th T cut one of thefe purple Anemo- 
nies through the body, rather nearer the bafis. 
This part remained adhering to the fide of the vef- 
fel in which it was ; and for fcveral days, made va- 
rious motions. At lad, it got loofe, and then 
fattened in another place. The 27th it began 
again to move about, till the end of Auguft, when 
it became as it were lifelefs, grew very flabby, and 
had often an offenfive fmell. I concluded it to be 
dead ; but, as it did not lofe its fhape, I refolved to 
keep it, and to fhift it every day into fome frefh 
fea-water. From time to time, I thought it had 
fome fort of motion, and in the beginning of No- 
vember thefe motions became more perceptible. 
It fhifted its pofition, when contrary to its natural 
ftate. November the 28th, this ) lump climbed 
up to the top of the veflel. I then began to per- 
ceive fome new limbs growing out. January 13, 
14, 
Le 12 Juiliet je coupai par la moitie du corps et meme 
plus proche de la bafe vine anemone pourpre. Cette bafe refta 
attachee aux parois du vafe, et fit pendant plufieurs jours difi— 
ferentes marches, apres lefquelles elle fe detacha, et s’attacha de 
nouveau. Le 27 elle recommenca fes courfes jufqu’a la fin 
d’Aouft, ou elle cefla de donner fenfiblement des fignes de vie, 
devint d’une moilefte extreme, et repandit meme a plufieurs re- 
prifes une mauvaife odeur: je la jugeois morte ; cependant 
comme elle ne fe deformoit point, je pris la refolution de la 
garder, et de lui procurer tous les jours de nouvelle eau de mer. 
Je crus appercevoir de loin a loin quelques mouvemens. Au 
commencement de Novembre, fes mouvemens devinrent plus 
fienfibles, et jufqu’a fe retourner, quand elle etoit dans une po- 
fition contraire a celle qui lui eft naturelle. Le 28 Novembre 
die grimpa au haut du vafe, alors je crus appercevoir des mem- 
ires renaifians, Les 13, 14, et 15 Janvier, elle a marche de 
nouveau 
