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great refembl'ance between them and the fpermatic vef- 
fels of men, when ftripped of their outward flieath. 
Through a common microfcope I law fibres in them 
which croffed each other in every diredtion : and by 
means of a folar microfcope, which magnified them to 
a diameter of five inches, they appeared of a very clofe 
texture, which, when decompofed, feemed to confift 
of an infinite number of vefTels, crofling each other 
in almoft every direcffion; but faitheft extended length- 
wife. A liquor feemed to circulate in the largefl of thefe 
vefTels, which, where they meet, form kinds of gang- 
lions like the optic nerves in man. Such an organiza- 
tion cannot furely but be intended for valuable purpofes. 
Is it not probable, that thefe threads contain certain, 
knots, bulbs,, knobs, or buds, which open in time, and 
cleaving to the bodies on which thofe threads are ex- 
tended, produce fmall anemonies, which at firfl commu- 
micate one with another, but afterwards feparate by a con- 
' ‘ • tra6lion, 
a peu pres figures comme les vaifeaux fperniatiqucs dans I’homiTie depouilles de 
leur gaine. J*y voyois au microfcope fimple des fibres croifees en tout fens, ct 
au microfcope folaire apper^ues fous un diametre de cinq ponces, on voyoit un tiffu 
ferre, qui venant a fe decompofer laiffoit appercevoir une quantite immcnfe de 
vaiffeaux croifes prefque en tout fens, et qui cependant s’e'tendoicnt plus fur la 
longueur. Une liqueur paroit circuler dans les plus gros, quien fe rencontrant 
ferment des efpeces de ganglions comme les nerfs optiques dans fhomme. Une 
teUe organlfation eft fans doute deftinee a des ufages precieux. N’'y auroit-il 
point dans ces cordons certains noeuds, bulbes, boutona, oeuilletcms, qui vensnt 
a s’ouvrir et a s’attacher fur les coi*ps ou ils font etendus, y formeroient autant dc 
petites anemones d'abord communiqueroient Tune a I’antre, et fe fepareroient 
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