7 8 Abbe dic<5Uemare*s ’Third EJfay 
on purpofe fuffered to freeze out of the water, did not 
perifh; but they fuffered a good deal, and I am deter- 
mined to avoid all uncertainty in my experiments. 
If we judge of the multiplication of the anemonies of 
the fourth fpecies, by the number of young ones that 
are feen round the large ones, it muft be very confidera- 
ble. This fpecies alfo affords us a Angularity which is 
not obfervable in the frefh-water polypi, that of multi- 
plying by tearing off, of its own accord, fmall flncds 
from its body.. 
Although the main object of this effay be the genera- 
tion of the fourth fpecies, I cannot however omit ob- 
ferving that feveral of its individuals, having been cut 
into two equal parts perpendicularly to their bafes, 
formed each of them two compleat anemonies. And I 
beg leave to infert here an obfervation on the firft fpecies, 
which 
feroient pas mortes, puifqu’une de la premiere efpece, que j’ai fait geler expres 
a fee, n’a point peri : mais elles ont beaucoup fouffert, et je ne veux aucun 
equivoque clans rn.es experiences. 
A en juger par le nombre des petits qu’on trouve autour des grofies anemones 
de la quatrieme efpece, leur multiplication eft tres nombreufe : elle ofFre aufii, 
comme on vient de voir, une ftngularite que ne nous ont point prefente les 
polipes d’eau douce, oell.es de fe multiplier ,en s’arrachant elles memes des petits 
lambeaux. 
Quoique ce memoire ak pour objet la generation de la quatrieme elpece, je ne 
laiflerai pas d’indiquer que plufteurs de fes individus, coupes en deux portions 
egales perpendiculairement a leur bafe^ ont forme chacun deux anemones; et 
d’inferer 
