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ly f and under Parts, appearing to have no 
Shell. The Middle of the Body, containing 
the Bowels, (whofe periftaltic Motion may¬ 
be difcerned) is fomewhat opake, and in 
the Shape of a Bottle with the Mouth down¬ 
wards ; the Sides are tranfparent, and fhew 
many Vefiels running through them. Four 
Legs, or Fins, divided near half their Length* 
and ferving either to walk or fwim, ifiue 
from the opake Part, and reach beyond the 
Edges of the Shell: and two thicker and 
fhorter Limbs, pointing diredtly forwards* 
each of them armed with a (harp Claw, are 
placed at the Head-End, and probably are 
the Inftruments wherewith it takes its Prey. 
On each Side of the narrow Part of the 
opake Body, at fome little Diftance 'there- 
from, one fees a round black Spot, the Ufe 
whereof I don’t pretend to guefs.—This Ani¬ 
mal is briik and vigorous, fwimming fome- 
times with great Swiftnefs through the Wa¬ 
ter, at other Times it creeps along at the 
Bottom of the Drop, and now and then fkips 
nimbly like a Flea. It often fhews itfelf itr 
Profile, as reprefented jig, 23. 
Monfieur Joblot (whofe Imagination has 
frequently exaggerated the Figures of Ani¬ 
malcules to be found in Water,) tells us, that 
he once difcovered, in an Infufion of the 
Anemony , an Animalcule having on its Back, 
a Mafk or exadt Reprefentation of a Satyrs 
pace 1 and he gives a Pidture fuitable to that 
7 Idea. 
