lelv^, tejg from the pMcb 4 whencb It 
comds td pafs, the motion of the a* 
nimal and the qiiantity of the matter do 
often pfbdiiGe rojltte vari4ty of figure m 
Oyfters. Of the oMer-Mp)^^ ilicll it 
may be dbubtedi whether the Ahibieiit 
fluid have iomhkd the Ixtetiour fuperfihe,- 
or whether it. have been <^v$r*d by a 
membr^iier, for Ihi? part^I am apt r<!^ 
believe, that the latter dtlly call be true i 
t Becaufe that the thteds of alf the o-. 
ther little feells at the lime of thfit 
conbrelion were-, not t<meh'l by the Afif- 
bient flilidf i. Beeaufe that in the h^ry^ 
round ShehUiMei fcalled bf the Latins* 
thafh^) we feel that Ibihething lihe 4“ 
membra^ or leather db^h outwardly 
covet the Shells. $ut the queftion iS i'-, 
bout an almoft utffbnfible thihg 5 ahd i# 
may be faid^ that the thfeds‘of the flrl| 
little-fliell were then hardribd when th'ey^ 
were yet #ithin theE'^^^ it b'bhig cer- 
•naaciousA- Experience, that Oy; 
timuis brid /)/ ftcrs and otherteftaeeous anr, 
xoi fie- inals ate. bred of Eggs, and 
mdmtuf. of putrid master, 
f roiii whal hath been faid^ may ea^ 
fily bb expiainedi i . Alkhat variety bif 
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