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up a good deal altered ; and pretty often thefe bits 
go through as they did the firft time. Some perfons, 
who were eye-witnefies of thefe particulars, were of 
opinion that, from the remains of organization and 
habit, this part of the animal flill endeavoured to 
gratify a natural want, though no longer fubfifting j 
but I am inclined to think that it ftill exifts. In 
my opinion the part is nourished bv means of 
fuckers, of which I fufpeCt it to be full, both in- 
wardly and outwardly. I am in expectation to 
have my conjecture confirmed, by experience, and 
by it to be enabled to convince other people. The 
microfcope feems to have already corroborated my 
notion upon this 1'ubjeCt. When the limbs of thefe 
Anemontes, efpecially thofe of the fecond fpecies, 
are touched, the perfon’s fingers are felt to adhere 
and ftrongly to flick to the limbs. I have there- 
fore let both thefe, and feveral other fpecies of 
thefe animals, fallen feveral times upon the fingers 
of one of my hands, in order to fee whether any 
glutinous matter (hould remain upon them; but I 
never 
fouvent ils paflent a’outre en outre comme la premiere fois. 
Ceux qui en ont ete temoins penfoient que, par un refte d’or- 
ganization et d’habitude, cette partie de l’animal cherchoit en- 
core a fatisfaire un befoin qui n’exiftoit plus; pour moi je fuis 
porte a croire que ce befoin exifte, quela partie peut fe nourrir 
par des fucoirs dont je foup^onne qu’elle eft remplie interieure- 
ment etexterieurement, etj’attens de l’experience ce qui me man- 
que pour le prouver aux autres. Le microfcope m’a deja 
paru fortifier mon fentiment ; lorfqu’on touche les membres 
des anemones entr’ autres de la feconde efpece, on fent fes doigts 
fortement attaches a ces membres. Je les ai done laifles s’attacher 
2 plufieurs reprifes et fur plufieurs anemones pour voir s’il ne 
refteroit pas a mes doigts quelque forte de glu, et je n’y en ai 
jamais 
