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formance of the fame fundlion at the lame time? It is to 
be prefumed, that two fimilar united quadrupeds would 
vie with each other in taking the neceffary nourilliment, 
in ofderthereby~to fatisfy the particular need, which each 
would have,' of keeping up the habit of deglutition, and 
the dependant funcStions. (Vide tab.vi.) 
Jn order to imitate the effecfts of nature, 1 clipj^ed fe- 
veral fmall pieces from the rim of the bafes of anemo- 
nies of this fpecies, and preferved them. Some of them 
became fmall anemonies, limilar to thofe that had been 
torn off of their own accord ; but many perillied without 
producing any thing. May we not conclude from this 
-experiment, that the prolific pieces contained a fmall 
bulb intended to become a new anemony, and to be foon 
after torn off by the mother; and that thofe which pe- 
Tifhed, either contained none of thofe bulbs, or fuch as 
■were not fufficiently formed to thrive and grow after a 
violent 
renlr I’ufage ? II femble que deux quadrupedes reunis ct parfaitement egaux, 
chercheroient tousdeux a manger, peut-etre a I’envi I’un de I’autre, pour fatisfairc 
au befoin particulier a chacun d’entretenir I’ufage de la deglutition, de tout ce qui 
en depend, et de cc qui la fuit immediatement (voyez la fig.). 
Pour aller au devant des effets naturels, j’ai coupe des petits ntorceaux des 
bords de la bafe des anemones de cette cfpece, et je les ai conferves ; plufieurs font 
devenus de petites anemones, comme celles qui etoient provenues des arrachemens 
.que s’etoient faits les anemones, et un grand nombre a peri fans produire, Ne 
pourroit-on pas penfer d’apres cette experience, que ceux de ces raorceaux qui ont 
produit renfermoient un petit bulbe propre a devenir anemone, et deftine a etrc 
ibientot detache par la mere; et qu’au- contraire les parties-qui out peri n’en con- 
tenoient pas, Ou n’en renfermoient que de trop peu formes pour fe developer apres 
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