. An attempt towards a natural history of the polype : in a letter to Martin Folkes. Hydromedusae. on the Polype. 121 EXPERIMENT IV. Cutting the Head of a Polype in four Pieces, A P RIL, 20, 1743. At fix o'clock in the Afternoon, I cut off with my Scif^ fars one fingle Arm oi2i Polype, with a little Bit of Flefh thereto, fcarcc larger than a Grain of Sand : when magnified, it appear- ed as the Figure, A. I cut off a fecond Piece with two Arms, in the Figure, B. And likewife a third Piece, on which were three Arms, in the Manner, C. A.^^"""b \\ c The fourth Part of the Head, v/hi
. An attempt towards a natural history of the polype : in a letter to Martin Folkes. Hydromedusae. on the Polype. 121 EXPERIMENT IV. Cutting the Head of a Polype in four Pieces, A P RIL, 20, 1743. At fix o'clock in the Afternoon, I cut off with my Scif^ fars one fingle Arm oi2i Polype, with a little Bit of Flefh thereto, fcarcc larger than a Grain of Sand : when magnified, it appear- ed as the Figure, A. I cut off a fecond Piece with two Arms, in the Figure, B. And likewife a third Piece, on which were three Arms, in the Manner, C. A.^^"""b \\ c The fourth Part of the Head, v/hich re- mained to the Body, had three Arms left on it, and two were cut from it in the Operation, clofe to their Roots. It was a large Polype with a young One hanging to it. Imme- diately after the Cutting it contrafted itfelf in an Heap, but in about half an Hour ap- peared as in the Figure My. 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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