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Proportion, whereby the Reader may form 
fome Conception of their Minutenefs : and 
yet, fmall as they are, they are Whales in 
Proportion to the Animalcules they fwallow 
down. 
N° x. reprefents a Colony of another Spe¬ 
cies of Cluftering Polypes , two fingle ones of 
which magnified in the above Manner are 
fhewn N° xi. and N° xn. 
Thefe when extended in the Water ex¬ 
hibit a Couple of projecting Parts at their 
anterior End, furnifhed with Numbers of 
vibrating Fibrilpg, that produce a Current of 
Water by their quick Motions, and thereby 
procure them Food. See N° xn.-—There are 
fome with three of the like Projections, See. 
See N° xi. 
N° xni. fhews a very extraordinary Spe¬ 
cies of this Kind of Animalcule, the Body 
whereof is much longer, its Pedicle fhorter, 
and the Connection of the Individuals to each 
other in the fame Colony is very different 
from all the reft: for here no main Stem is 
feen, but all the Pedicles are joined in one 
Center, round which the little Animals ex¬ 
tend themfelves circularly, at nearly equal 
Diifances, and make a very pretty Appear¬ 
ance. But nothing relating to them is more 
worthy Notice, than the curious and wonder¬ 
ful Apparatus whereby they take their Prey, 
which the two greatly magnified Figures at 
N° xiv. will aflifi: the Reader to underfband 
the following brief Description of. 
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