166 Of Animalcules 
would not equal the Size of a Grain of Millet. 
He found them likewife in the Semen of the 
Dormoufe% in Oyfters b , in Silkworms 0 , in 
the JLabella minima d , or fmall Dragon-Fly, 
in the Common Fly % in the male Fka f , in 
Gnats % and in feveral other Infedts : and, 
without doubt, a curious Enquirer will be 
able todifeover them in Abundance of Sub¬ 
jects yet unexamined ; for Nature is uni¬ 
form in all her Works, and there is good 
Reafon to believe that they certainly exift in 
all the animal Part of the Creation. 
Amongit the many Species o Animalcules 
obferved in Waters and Infufions, there are 
none found refembling thofe in Semine h .* 
but the Animalcules in the Semen of all Sorts 
of Creatures hitherto examined have a com¬ 
mon and general Likenefs to one another y 
with this Particularity, that they appear in 
continual Motion, without the leaf: Ref or 
Inter million, provided the Fluid be fufficient 
for them to fwim about in. 
Many People have imagined, that living 
Creatures mi,ght alfo be found in the other 
. animal Juices : but, after the ftri(?ceft and 
mofi careful Examination, it appears certain 
3 Arc. Nat. Tom. I. Par. II. p. 27. b Ibid. Tom. II. 
Par. I. p. 144. c Ibid. Par. II. p. 422. d Ibid. Tom. IV. 
p. 19. e Ibid. f Ibid. p. 20. s Ibid. p. 2 t. 31 Ibid. 
Tom* III. p. 294. 
that 
