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Ipecies. To this I can only anfwer at prelent, that 1 have 
not yet feen the generation of anemonies, except in the 
fea, or in animals newly taken out of it. It muft further 
be obferved, that thefe anemonies, perfe6l as they feem 
to be, may perhaps have only half the number of limbs 
of the whole ones, whereof they made a part : fo that the 
whole wonder comes to this ; that the fevered halves of 
an animal fliould recover, and each taking the appear- 
ance of an entire individual, continue to live as if they 
were fueh. And fuch in fa6t I believe they are ; but this I 
have not yet been able to afcertain, as the anemonies of 
this fpecies have not all the fame number of limbs, as it 
is always very difficult to count them, and as all thofe 
upon which I have hitherto made the experiment had a 
great number of them. However, as no manner of dif- 
ference appears, I am inclined to fufpe6t that new limbs 
flioot out between the old ones. 
After 
devenues en quelque forte des animaux cntiers, donnent des petits; il fuffit de 
repondre ici que je tl’ai jamais vu naitre des petits que des ananones qui etoientea 
Hier, ou de celles qui en etoient tirees depuis peu de temps. II faut encore ob- 
ferver, que ces pretendus animaux complets n’ontpeut-etreque la moitie des mem* 
bres qu’avoit I’animal dont ils faifoient partie, et qu’ainfi le merveilleux de cette 
operation fe reduiroit a voir chaque rtioitie d'un animal fe guerir, prendre la forme 
ck I’animal entier, et vivre comme s’il I’etoit. Je crois qu’ils le font en effet J mais 
je n’ai pu encore le verifier exaflement, parceque les anemones de cette efpece 
n’ont pas toutes le ineme nombre de membres, qu’il eft tres difficile de les compter, 
et que toutes celles que j’ai operees en avoient beaucoup. L’apparence eft; abfo- 
lument la meme, peut-etre leur poulTe-t’il des membres entrc les autres. 
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