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largefl of thefe unite together, much in the fame 
manner as the optic nerves do in man. Such an 
organization is- doubtlefs intended for mod im- 
portant purpofes. Some young ones of this fpe- 
cies, which dill adhered to one another by a firing 
of communication, fhut themfelves up in the fame 
inftant, when this firing was touched in the middle. 
'As I could riot diredlly contrive a total fection of 
this large fpecies, I tried it upon the young ones; 
and thefe fhooted out again after the operation; 
(and fo have the old ones done fince). I have 
met with a fort of monfler among thefe Anemonies, 
•■viz. one which feemed to inclofe or contain three 
others, two of which were united at their bafis, 
and the third lay, as it were, concealed in the 
folds. 
Nature has refources little known to us ; it 
feems fometimes to vary its operations, with an 
intent, as it were, the more to flimulate our cu- 
rionty 
s’unifTent en fe rencontrant a peu pres comme les ncrfs obli- 
ques dans Thomme ; une telle organifation eft fans doute def- 
tiriee a des ufages precieux. Des petits de cette elpece, qut 
Etoient encore adherens Tun a l’aurre par un cordon de com- 
munication, fe fermoient en meme terns lorfque je touchois 
ce cordon par le milieu. Ne pouvant d’abord foumettre cette 
• grande efpece a une fe£i oh total e, je l’ai effayee fur de jeunes 
individuS, ils ont re pouffe ; (les grands repouffeut de meme-). 
J’ai eu dans cette efpece un monftre, c’eft-a-dire une anemone 
qui paroiffoit en contenir troi-s, dont deux oppofees pa-r leur 
bafe et une troifieriie cachee dans les plis. 
La Nature a des reffources qui nous font peu connues, et 
‘ femble quelquefois varier fes procedes a deffein de piquer de plus 
en-plus. notre curiofne, et peut-etre de devoiler fes fecrets, a 
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