THE 
GREEN POLYPE, 
O R 
HYDRA. 
Generic Character. 
Body long and tubular. 
Mouth furrounded by arms, or tentacula. 
Specific Character. 
POLYPE with about 8 or to arms, or tenta¬ 
cula. 
See with new life the wond’rous worm abound. 
Rich from its lofs, and fruitful from its wound ! 
The various fpecies of Polype, or Hydra, are jultly 
ranked amongft the moll wonderful productions of Na¬ 
ture ; fo extraordinary are the particulars of their life 
and mode of propagation, as well as their powers of 
reproduction after being cut in pieces, that at their 
firft difcovery the philofophic world was involved in 
fcepticifm; and the Hiltory of the animals did not 
obtain complete credit, till experiments repeated by 
the molt diligent and accurate Naturalilts, and varied 
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