'0 
¥epper~Water-> y| 
of a Pin, they immediately fpread them- 
felves, and appear to tumble down dead, 
Diflolved Salt kills them, but with this Dif¬ 
ference, that inftead of becoming flat, as in 
the former Cafe, they fhrink into oval 
Forms. Tin&ure of Salt of Tartar throws 
them into convulflve Motions, after which 
they foon grow faint and languid, and then 
die without any Change of Shape. Ink 
kills them as foon as Spirit of Vitriol, but 
feems to con trad: them feveral Ways. Frelh 
Blood, Urine, and Spittle, kill them in a 
little while. Sugar diflblved does the fame % 
but thereby feme die flat* and others 
round 
If the Water be permitted to dry away 
without any Mixture, fome Sorts of the 
Animalcules will burfl:, but others not: and 
if a frefh Drop of Water be put to them, iq 
a little while many of them will revive and 
fwim about again. 
# fhilofoph* Tranf, Numb. 203. 
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