SB Animalcules in Waters . 
Kinds of Animalcules to be found in the 
fame Infufons. 
We fometimes find in our Infufions of 
vegetable Productions , and in other Waters 
that have Rood awhile uncovered, an Ani¬ 
mal much larger than any before defcribed, 
of a very fngular and furprizing Form, as 
pidtured Plate VII. Fig. XIL This little 
Creature is in its middle State ; it lately was 
a Worm, and will foon become a Gnat. 
For * Gnats depoft their Eggs in a Kind of 
flimy Matter on the Surface of the Water, 
and fallen them to fomething that may pre¬ 
vent their being walhed away, or feparated 
too foon. From thefe Eggs proceed a Num¬ 
ber of miiiute Worms, which, linking to the 
Bottom of the Water, make for themfelves 
Cafes or Coverings of fine Sand or Earth, ce¬ 
mented together with a Sort of Glue, but 
open at both Ends for them to come out of 
or retire into as they find Occalion. After a 
Time, quitting thefe Habitations, and the 
Figure of Worms, they re-afcend to the Top 
of the Water in the Shape now before us, 
Ihelled all over, with a large 'Head and 
Mouth, a Couple of black Eyes, two Horns, 
feveral Tufts of Hairs or Bridles on different 
Parts of the Body, and a Tail with a Brulh 
of Hair at the End of it, which being 
*' Spectacle de la Nature, Englijh Edit, izmo, pag. 123. 
Hooke’s M.ierog . p. 186. 
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