. An attempt towards a natural history of the polype : in a letter to Martin Folkes. Hydromedusae. manner. day in the (hewn hereby, with Arms juft appearing on the youngeft of them. The Head-Part ereding itfelf on the new Tail, and being now become a perfedl Polype^ requires no farther Notice. April, 5.—The two little Ones on the Tail-Part extended much this Morning. In the Evening, the eldeft of them feized a Piece of Worm larger than its Body could poffibly contain. It fucked in a Part, and its Body appeared greatly diftended, the reft of the Worm hanging out of its Mouth, as in the Pidlure.
. An attempt towards a natural history of the polype : in a letter to Martin Folkes. Hydromedusae. manner. day in the (hewn hereby, with Arms juft appearing on the youngeft of them. The Head-Part ereding itfelf on the new Tail, and being now become a perfedl Polype^ requires no farther Notice. April, 5.—The two little Ones on the Tail-Part extended much this Morning. In the Evening, the eldeft of them feized a Piece of Worm larger than its Body could poffibly contain. It fucked in a Part, and its Body appeared greatly diftended, the reft of the Worm hanging out of its Mouth, as in the Pidlure. April, 6.—Part of the Worm continued hanging out of the young One's Mouth, from its not having yet digefted and ejected what was taken into its Stomach yefterday. At nine o'Clock this Morning, minute Arms w^ere juft difcoverable on the anterior End, 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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