. An attempt towards a natural history of the polype : in a letter to Martin Folkes. Hydromedusae. May, 3.—I found the Polype, at feven this Morning, ereft, on its Tail-End, in this Manner. May, 4.—The Ends of the divided Tail appeared today afunder: it ftood upright at the Bottom of the Glafs, and extended itfelf as in the Hitherto it had refufed to eat, but now feized and devoured a Worm, which made both Uie Divifions fwell and enlarge. I continued my Obfervations on it for fome Weeks. It did not often care for eat- ing, or thrive fo v^^ell as my other Polypes^ nor had it much Incre
. An attempt towards a natural history of the polype : in a letter to Martin Folkes. Hydromedusae. May, 3.—I found the Polype, at feven this Morning, ereft, on its Tail-End, in this Manner. May, 4.—The Ends of the divided Tail appeared today afunder: it ftood upright at the Bottom of the Glafs, and extended itfelf as in the Hitherto it had refufed to eat, but now feized and devoured a Worm, which made both Uie Divifions fwell and enlarge. I continued my Obfervations on it for fome Weeks. It did not often care for eat- ing, or thrive fo v^^ell as my other Polypes^ nor had it much Increafe: it frequently ftood upright and contradled, fomething in the Shape of a Pair of Breeches, as the Figure (hews. A Polype I cut fince in the fame Manner at Tooting, for Mr. Mi les, produced twen- ty-fiic in a Fortnight's Time, as he fent me K 3 Wordj <^m'i. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Baker, Henry, 1698-1774. London : R. Dodsley
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