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Of Animalcule in Fluid:, 
Of an infufion of mufhrooms. 
A Large mufiiroom being infufed in cold water, pro¬ 
duced from one day to another an aftonifhing mul¬ 
titude of infinitely fmall animalcules, of a round figure, 
which appear’d in a microfcope that magnified twenty- 
five thoufand times, of the fame fize that a grain of 
rape-feed does to the naked eye y. 
The third day fome of a larger fize were found therein, 
with a crooked neck, and very tranfparent; foon after 
a third fort was difcovered of an oval figure, and flutter¬ 
ing motion. 
Of the little flowers of different colours that are 
found in meadows. 
I F fome of thefe flowers, when they are juft blown, 
be put into cold water, in a few days a particular 
fort of animalcule will be found therein, refembling the 
foie of a {hoe, one of which is reprefented at fig. 246. 
Its motion is flow, and its head direddy under the letter 
A; it inclines itfelf towards B and C, ftretching itfelf 
out, and contracting alternately; fometimes all its body 
appears as round as a bowl, at which time the fur- 
face thereof is uneven : their body is marked with lon.o-ifh 
fpots, and is fo tranfparent, that all their inteftines, and 
the periftaltic motion may be diftinguiftied, which are 
a very agreeable fight. z Thefe larger fort appear at 
the beginning of the infufion, but at the end of fifteen 
days a great number of thofe reprefented at fig. 247. were 
feen therein, which is contrary to what generally hap¬ 
pens in other infufions, where the fmalleft appear firft. 
L Of 
y Joblott’s Obf. p. 48. 2 Ibid p. 49, 
