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CHAP. XLI. 
Of the Oyster* 
I N the clear Liquor of an Oyfier many 
little round living Animalcules have been 
found, whofe Bodies being conjoined, formed 
fpherical Figures, with Tails, not changing 
their Place but by finking towards the Bot¬ 
tom, as being heavier than the Fluid : thefe 
were feen fometimes feparating, and prefent- 
ly afterwards coming together and joining 
themfelves again. In other Oyfters Animal¬ 
cules of the fame Kind were found, not con- 
j oined, but fwimming by one another, whence 
they feemed in a more perfect State, and 
were fuppofed by Mr. Leeuwenhoek to 
be the Animalcules in the Row or Semen of 
the Oyjler 
A Female Oyfier being opened, incredible 
Multitudes ofminut e Embry o-Oy/lers covered 
with little Shells perfectly tranfparent were 
plainly feen therein, fwimming along flow- 
ly: in another they were found of a browmiflb 
Colour without any apparent Life or Mo¬ 
tion. Monfieur Joblot kept the Water 
running from Qyfiers three Days, and it ap¬ 
peared lull of young Oyfiers that fwam about 
• Arcan . Nat . Tons. II. Par. I. p. 52. Again, p. 145. 
R 3 nimbly. 
