"? 6 8 Of the Wheel Animat 
dirnent left by fach Rain Water; and if care¬ 
fully 1 ought after may be found alfo in 
other Places. Mr. Leeuwenhoek, that diligent 
Searcher into Nature, ^vas the firft Difco- 
verer of it about fifty Years ago (viz. in the 
Year 1702) foon after which he communi¬ 
cated an Account and Drawing thereof to 
the Royal Society: both which may be feen in 
%he 295th Num. of the Philofophical Lranf- 
achons . What Regard was then paid to his 
curious Difcovery 1 am wholly ignorant, but 
probably it was looked upon as a Matter of 
great Difficulty to find the Animal, and for 
that Reafon little or no Enquiry was made 
after it, by the few who then amufed them- 
felves with Micrcfcopes ; however, from that 
Time till within thefe few Years (that Peo¬ 
ple have begun to think the Works of their 
Creator, however minute, not unworthy of 
their Notice) I quefcion very much whether 
it has ever been feen by any one in England. 
In order, therefore, to gratify the laudable 
Curiojity which at prelent diffufes itfelf 
amongffc us, and feems the happy Omen of 
great Improvements in the Knowledge of 
Nature, I have not only fhewn this amazing 
Animal to Numbers of Gentlemen at my 
own Home, but having, by the Affiflance of 
a more convenient Microfcope for the Pur- 
pofe than Mr. Leeuwenhoek probably was 
Mailer of, examined it with the ftridteffe 
Attention, 
