. An attempt towards a natural history of the polype : in a letter to Martin Folkes. Hydromedusae. en the Polype. 153 May^ —The Head-Part had not yet produced a Tail whereon to raife itfelf, but lay at the Bottom of the Glafs, as at A. The Tail-Piece, B, lay extended, but not quite fo much as yefterday; all its young Ones were grown, and the largeft of theni had now four Arms. A great deal of Slime iffued from the Place C, where the young One had been cut off, and alfo frora the The young One's Tail being groWn per- feftly, it faftened itfelf to the Side of the Glafs thereby. May, 2
. An attempt towards a natural history of the polype : in a letter to Martin Folkes. Hydromedusae. en the Polype. 153 May^ —The Head-Part had not yet produced a Tail whereon to raife itfelf, but lay at the Bottom of the Glafs, as at A. The Tail-Piece, B, lay extended, but not quite fo much as yefterday; all its young Ones were grown, and the largeft of theni had now four Arms. A great deal of Slime iffued from the Place C, where the young One had been cut off, and alfo frora the The young One's Tail being groWn per- feftly, it faftened itfelf to the Side of the Glafs thereby. May, 28.—A young One began to appear this Morning near the Tail-End of the Head Part, which did not yet raife itfelf on its Ex*- tremity, but lay as in Figure A, and eat half a Worm greedily. The forwardeft young One on the Tall- Part dropped off in the Night: the other two had now acquired, one four, and the other a couple- of Arm5; the Part where the young. 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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