6 a Abbe dicquemare’s 'third EJJay 
of November it moved from its place. On the 7th I dilco- 
vered, by means of a ftrorig lens, an orifice and fome ap- 
pearance of limbs. On the 1 6thlfa\v them very diftin&ly. 
On the 17 th it changed its place again. At the beginning 
of January 1 77 6, the folds of the body were formed, and 
then it could not but be confidered as a young anemony, 
fimilar in every refpeft to the old one by which it had 
been produced, except in the number of limbs, which 
however, although the animal be flill very fmall, are 
now increafing. The femi-tranfparency, which often 
prevents accurate obfervation, allowed me to view the 
gradation through which the fmall fibres became con- 
vergent: I could alfo fee the gradual contraction of the 
angles of the fegment, and that not a fingle particle of 
the fragment perifhed ; all feemed to be re-incorporated 
into the mafs. The word all muft not, however, be 
taken in a ftrict fenfe; for I muft confefs that I per- 
ceived fome yellowifh filmy matter round this little 
mafs, 
place. Le 7, a l’aide d’une forte loupe, j’ai appergu un orifice, etdes apparenccs de 
membres. Le 16 je lesai vus tres diftin&ement. Le 17 il a de nouveau change 
delieu. Au commencement de Janvier 1776, le pli du corps s’eft forme; c’etoit 
done alors une petite anemone qui, a l’exception du nombredes membres, reflem- 
bloit parfaitement a celle dont elle etoit proveniie; les membres augmentent, et 
cependant cette anemone eft fort petite. La demi-tranfparence, qui gene quel- 
quefois dans les obfervations, m’a permis de diftinguer le progres par lequel les 
petites fibres font deveniies convergentes : J’ai vu aufli les angles de fegment fe 
racourcir, et rien ne m’a paru perir : tout s’eft refoule dans la made. Ce mot tout 
ne doit cependant pas etre pris a lalettre: j’ai apper^u quelques pellicules quelques, 
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