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frequently on the Coafl of Normandy *. 
They are feen flicking on the Declivity of 
Rocks, feme red, feme green, and feme 
of other Colours ; where they look like 
Mufhrooms while fhut and folded up, but 
like Anemonies when they open and difplay 
themfelves. There is no opening them by 
Force without deftroying them; but on Pref- 
fure they fometimes ejedt feveral young ones 
of different Sizes : which feems to prove 
them both Male and Female, and alfo to be 
died; but-as Tome fucceeded, the Mifcarriages mtift be imput¬ 
ed to Want of Care, and not to the Want of fuch an Ability 
in thefe Animals. 
It may, perhaps, be expended of me to add here fome farther 
Relation of this extraordinary Creature, as it is well known 
by many, that for a Y ear and half pad: great Numbers of them 
have been continually under my Examination ; but having 
lately publifhed whatever I can atteft concerning it from my 
own Knowledge, under the Title of An Ejfay towards aNatu- 
ral Hijlory of the Polype (wherein I defcribe their different 
Species, the Places where to feek and how to find them, their 
wonderful Production and Increafe, the Form, Structure, and 
Ufe of their feveral Parts, and the Manner they catch their 
Prey ; with an Account of their Difeafes and Cures , of their 
amazing Re-produSiion after being cutin Pieces, of the befl Me¬ 
thods to perform that Operation, and of the Time requifite to 
perfeCt the feveral parts after being divided : and alfo full Di¬ 
rections how to feed, clean, manage, and preferve them at all 
Seafons of the Year : likewife a Courfe of real Experiments, per¬ 
formed by cutting them everyWay that can be eafily contriv¬ 
ed ; fhewing the daily Progrefs of each Part towards becoming 
a perfeCt Polype ; the "Whole explained every where by great 
Numbers of Figures, and intermixt throughout with Variety 
of Obfernsations and ExperimentsJ ; I mull refer my Reader to 
that Fffay ; as an AbftraCt thereof would not only over-fwell 
this Volume, but likewiR prove an Injury to thofe who have 
bought the former Edicions. 
* Vid. Spectacle de la Nat* Part II. Dial. 22. 
viviparous. 
