346 0/ Glufterihg Polypes* 
S€ every one thus becoming at laft, if not 
46 prevented, the Principal of a newClufler. 
Mr. ‘Trembley tells us farther, 46 that he 
ee followed the Progrefs of a Clufter in the 
44 Month of September 1744. It coniifted, 
44 on the 9th Day of that Month, but of one 
64 flngle Polypus; this Polypus divided itfelf 
44 that Evening, and at Half an Hour after 
? 4 Eight of the Clock, there were to be difco- 
, vered two perfect Polypi 5 whofe Pedicles 
44 or Branches continued lengthening till 
44 the Morning of the next Day, being the 
44 Tenth of the fame Month of September. 
64 At about a Quarter after Nine that Morn- 
cc ing, thefe two Polypi began alfo each to 
44 divide, fo that after a Quarter pall Eleven 
** there were four compleat Polypi s whofe 
44 feveral Pedicles formed themfelyes foon 
*« after. On the Eleventh of the fame Sep- 
44 tember , about Half an Hour after Seven in 
* 4 the Morning, lie found that thefe four laft 
46 Polypi had already again divided them* 
felves, that is to fay, there were eight 
44 diftind Polypi.—And he has taken No- 
44 tice of Cluilers, the Numbers of whofe 
44 Polypi have conftantly gone on doubling, 
** from 2 to 4, from 4 to 8, from 8^to 16, 
- se from 16 to 32 : after which he has been 
« c no longer able to count exadly the Mum- 
* 4 ber of the Polypi.”— But their Multipli¬ 
cation is fo prodigious, that lie fays, 44 on 
44 November ift, 1744, there was in one of 
“ his Glades, a Chiller compofed of feveral 
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