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fpicuous in the Polypi when entirely 
44 formed. Thefe new Lips firft difcover 
44 themfelves upon the Polypus that is go- 
44 ing to divide, from a little below the old 
44 Lips, to about two thirds of the Length 
44 of the Polypus , reckoning from the Head : 
44 but thefe new Lips are not difpofed in a 
44 ftrait Line, according to the Length of 
44 the Polypus , but run doping near half 
44 Way round about. Thefe Lips are known 
44 by the Motion in them, but which Motion 
44 is at fir ft very flow. That Portion of the 
44 Body of the Polypus , that is bounded 
<e by thefe new Lips, theft gathers up it-. 
44 felf: the new Lips infenfibly draw toge- 
44 ther and clofe; whereby there forms 
w itfelf, at the Side of the Polypus , a Swell- 
44 ing, that is foon found to be the Head 
le of the new one, bounded by the new 
“ Lips firft difeovered. Before this Swell- 
44 ing is grown very remarkable, one begins, 
<£ to diftinguifh the two Polypi which are 
4 4 forming themfelves ; and when that Swell- 
<e ing is confiderably increafed, the two Po - 
lypi will be difeovered, no longer joined 
44 but by a fmall Portion to each other. The 
44 Superior Polypus no longer adheres to the 
44 Inferior one, but by its pofterior Extremi- 
44 ty, which is ftill fixed on one Side of the 
44 Inferior Polypus: the Superior Polypus 
i( then begins to make Motions that feem- 
44 ingly tend to the feparating of him from 
44 the 
