4*6 Mifcellaneous Obfervaiions * 
ately 3 on the Apprehenfion of Danger, pojS 
In again, leaving nothing to be feen but a 
few'green Stalks. 
In the Spring of the Year I have feveral 
Times observed great Numbers of little 
Cafes, on- a Row of Pales by the Side of the 
New River at Enfold , made in the prettied; 
Manner imaginable of the green microfcopic 
Mofs growing on the fame Pales. They 
were open at both Ends, and about a Quarter 
of an Inch in Length : each contained a 
little black Maggot, that put out its Head 
or Tail occafionally, and became at laft a 
fmall black Flv. 
mf ? 
Amongft the Eels in Vinegar one fhall 
fometimes find accidentally a pretty and fur- 
prizing Phenomenon, i. e . a Chain or Seiles 
of minute Globules feemingly ffrung toge¬ 
ther like a Necklace of Beads. Thefe are 
nothing more than a Row of Air Bubbles 
lying one behind another in the dead Body 
of one of the Anguilla ; which Body from 
Its great Tranfparency is not vifible, unlefs 
by the greateft Magnifier. 
My good Friend Dr. Miles happening to 
take Notice of a bright green Mouldinefs on 
the Bark of fome Fire-wood : and, by a Lens 
of an Inch-Focus, finding it to be Numbers of 
minute Fungi of a regular Appearance, he 
employed a large Magnifier, through which 
their fpherical Heads feemed as if they were 
nothing elfe but Globules of Seeds. He 
• obferved 
