Of the Light on Cyders. 241 
others lying loofe. Helikewife found other 
Animhlciiles in the Liquor five hundred 
Times fmaller than Embryo-Cyders.' 
CHAP. XLII. 
Of the Light on Oysters. 
I T is not very uncommon to fee on the 
Shells of Cyders, when in the Dark, a 
fining Matter , or blewif Light , like the 
Flame of Brimdone, which dicks to the 
Fingers whentouched, and continues fhining 
or giving Light a confiderable Time, tho* 
without any fenfible Heat *. Monf. Auxaut 
obferved this fining Matter with a Micro - 
fcope , and difcovered it to condd of three 
Sorts of Animalcules. The iird whitifh, 
having twenty-four or twenty-five Legs on 
each Side, forked a black Speck on one 
Part of the Head ; the Back like an Eel 
with the Skin dripped off. The fecond Sort 
red, refembling the common Glow-worm, 
with Folds on its Back, but Legs like the 
former, a Nofe like a Dog’s, and one Eye 
in the Head. The third Sort fpeckled, a 
Head like a Soal, with many Tufts of whitifh 
Hairs on the Sides thereof. Fie faw alfo 
fome much larger .and greyifh, having a 
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