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vinced, pot only of their having Life, but 
likewife of their being able to change their 
Situation, either from Right to Left, or. Left 
to Right, backwards, or forwards, at Plea- 
lure, in the Manner juft now defcribed. 
Being thus far fatisfted, he applied him- 
felf very diligently to examine-the Structure, 
Motions, and other Properties of thefe mi¬ 
nute Creatures ; and found, by viewing 
them feveral Times, and through different 
Magnifiers, that altho’ they are moft com¬ 
monly compofed of little Ringlets, whofe 
Joinings appear like parallel tranfverfe Lines 
as at F, N* I. manv however were feen 
amongft them, in which great Numbers of 
minute Rings feemedto crofsone another ob¬ 
liquely, and reprefentedScales, (yid. NT. G.) 
but whether thefe are different Species or 
not muft ftill remain a Doubt. 
After putting a large Spoonful of the be- 
forementioned black or rather dark green 
thick Matter into a Glafs Jar, he filled it up 
with Water, very gently, as high as h , N 9 
III. then leaving the faid Matter to fettle and 
lie quietly at the Bottom of the Veffel, its 
whole Appearance prefently afterwards is 
fhewn in the fame Glafs at i. 
The next Day, when he came to examine 
what had happened amongft thefe Myriads of 
little Animals, he found that a Multitude of 
them had, as it were by Agreement, placed 
themfelves on the Side of the Jar, and ap- 
