324 Eggs of the'/mail Frefh - Water Snail, 
whole Body is tranfparent, except where' 
the circular black Spots are fhewn in the 
Pidlure ; of which Spots fome had fix or 
feven* fome one, two, three, four, or five, and 
others none at all. Thefe probably are its 
Eggs or young ones : but the fhort Time 
they were with me, prevented my coming 
to a Certainty as to this Particular. The 
Surface of the whole Body appeared in fome 
as if all over dotted with little Points, and 
in others as if granulated like Shagreen : but 
their more general Appearance was, as if 
befet thinly round with fhort moveable Hairs 
or Briftles ; and his not improbable all 
their Motions may be produced by fome 
fuch Inilruments, performing the Office of 
Fins. 
C H A P. XIV. 
Eggs of the fmall F refs-Water Snail , and 
Animalcules adhering to them . 
T H E Group of Figures, Plate 1 XIII.- 
N° 1. A reprefents the magnified 
Appearance of a Congeries of the Spawn of 
Eggs laid by a Water Snail: which Con¬ 
geries of Eggs, as feen by the naked Eye, is 
fhewn at the Letter B. 
The Parent Snail is exhibited of its natural 
Bignefs, C i; its Back upwards toward the 
Eye, 
