. An attempt towards a natural history of the polype : in a letter to Martin Folkes. Hydromedusae. 142 ^ Courfe of Experiments EXPERIMENT XII. Cutting a Polype obliquely^ not quite through. lUf-^T, II.âAt the fame Time, I cut -^*^ another Polype through the Body, in its Icontradled State, obliquely, but did not entirely feparate the two Parts; with the fame View as in the laft Ex- _>l^ periment. It hung together «^^^^ by a very ftender Piece of Skin, and appeared thus. In about a Quarter of an Hour it was ex- tended in the Water, and lay along in this -.:::5t:;::: An Hour after, I
. An attempt towards a natural history of the polype : in a letter to Martin Folkes. Hydromedusae. 142 ^ Courfe of Experiments EXPERIMENT XII. Cutting a Polype obliquely^ not quite through. lUf-^T, II.âAt the fame Time, I cut -^*^ another Polype through the Body, in its Icontradled State, obliquely, but did not entirely feparate the two Parts; with the fame View as in the laft Ex- _>l^ periment. It hung together «^^^^ by a very ftender Piece of Skin, and appeared thus. In about a Quarter of an Hour it was ex- tended in the Water, and lay along in this -.:::5t:;::: An Hour after, I found it {landing up- right, the divided Parts con- V ..-â ' joined, with only a Sort of Scar where the Cut had been. It played with its Arms, as in the Figure; whereupon I gave it a Worm, which it greedily catched hold of. Two. 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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