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young ones of a moderate fize. On the 3 1 ft it produced 
a feventh ; but fince the froft it has ever appeared in a 
weakly ftate. The fourth quarter, after feveral changes 
in its ftate of health, produced, on the 29th of Novem- 
ber, three young ones; one large, the other of a mid- 
dling fize, and the third very fmall. After the fevere 
cold it declined: it neverthelefs put forth three more 
young ones, and died one of the firft days in March. 
Thus from three of thefe quarters I had no lefs than 
fourteen young ones, befides the twelve the animal had 
produced during the operation. The interior contract 
tions of the anemonies not only renders it difficult to cut 
them into four parts ; but I have alfo obferved, that thofe 
feftions do not ealily recover a cylindrical form, and 
that they are ealily affected by froft or any other acci- 
dent. This therefore is an experiment of little ufe, 
which 
1776, apres que Peau fut glacee plufieurs fois, j’ai vu naitre trois petits de 
moyenne groffeur. Le 31 Fevrier ellenfien a donne un feptieme; mais depuis la 
gelee, elle a fait mauvaife figure. Apres des alternatives de bon et de mauvais 
etat, laquatrieme s.eft reformed, et m’a donne ie29Novembre trois petits, Pan gros, 
I* autre moyen, et letroifieme tres petit. Depuis le grand froid elle alloit mal ; elle 
a cependant donne encore trois petits, et s’eft decomp fee dans ics premiers jours 
de Mars. Void done quatorze petits donnes par trois de ces portions, indepen- 
damment des douzeque Panemone avoit rendus en la coupant. Non feulement il ell 
difficile de couper exadement une anemone en quatre, a caufe des contradions 
jaterieures; mais meme j’ai remarque que ces portions avoient bien de la peine 
a reprendre une forme cylindrique, et que les accidens comme la gelee et autres, 
M 2 les 
