74 -Abbe dicquemare’s Third Ejjay 
pearance of fmall whitifh bodies) near the border, be- 
tween the ikin and the bafe of the young anemonies,. 
when they extend the latter. I might have been parti- 
cularly influenced by the number of floating tranfparent 
globules, which, by means of the microfcope, I have 
often feen among thofe filaments, and which appeared 
nearly of the fame texture : but it muft be here obferved 
that the illufions of the microfcope are often very great, 
on account of the fpherical form and tranfparency of 
thofe globules, which at firft fight appear to have a large 
hole diametrically through them. The globules which, 
by means of the microfcope, are often feen in lea-water, 
evidently contain a liquid; and here all my knowledge 
ends. Does the principle we are in fearch of exift in 
this gelatinous fubftance, concerning wliofe texture we 
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petit corps blanchatre vers Ies bords, entrelapeau et la bafe des jeunes anemones, 
lors qu’elles l’etendent. J’aurois pu encore etre arrete d’une maniere plus par- 
tial] iere a l’afpedt de certains globules flotans et tranfparens, que j’ai fouvent 
trouves au microfcope parmi ces cordons, et qui me paroiftent compofes a peu 
pres de meme, Mutant que les illuiions microfcopiques permettent cPen juger ; car 
ces illuiions font fort grandes a caufe de la fphericite et de la tranfparence de ces 
globules, qui au premier coup d’oeuil femblent perces diametralement d’un gros 
trou ; et le microfcope folaire ne m’a pas mieux fervi que les autres a ce fujet. Ces 
globules, qui d’ailleurs fe rencontrent fouvent dans l’eau de la mer viie au mi- 
crofcope, font fans doute' remplis d’une liqueur ; et voila ou fe tsrminent toutes 
nies coanoilTances, Sera-ce dans la fubftance gelatineufe, dont la texture ne nous 
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