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marks at the Time of viewing it, when its 
Figure was likewife carefully-taken j but 
foon after I had the Favour of a better Ac¬ 
count in a Letter from Dr. Miles> who had 
Plenty of them under his Infpedion : and 
this I fhall lay before the Reader in the 
Do£tor\? own Words, 
<c The Worm found in the Water in which 
1 met with the Polypes in this Neighbour- 
hood is of various Sizes, from about W of an 
* c Inch to half an Inch, and about theThick- 
sc nefs of the Worms we feed the Polypes 
sc with. It is tranfparent, excepting in the 
44 Middle where the Gut runs, which the 
* e Faeces make look of a dirty Colour, but it 
* 6 has no Rednefs as the Worms have, and 
* c for that Reafon might be reckoned a- 
“ mongfl the Infedls which fome have 
tc erroneoufly called exanguious , fines our 
€f Eyes, affifled by Glades, drew them to 
<c have Blood : as I fhall prefently tell you 
€< this has. 
fC The Form of it (when magnified I 
* e mean) refembles in many Particulars fome 
(S of our Caterpillars that feed on Vegeta- 
te bles. It is infected as they are, and it is 
“hairy: here and there a little Tuft of 
<c Hairs, and in other Places a fingle Hair 
* { regularly growing out of the Sides, as I 
“ have attempted to reprefent in the Fi- 
“ gure. I faw the periftakic Motion of 
f( the Gut, and-once faw it exclude Faeces, 
“ three 
