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And what Idogive to the Whole, I must attribute 1 i kew i se to th- five-ral Pansos it, even when separated srom rhe restes the Body ; and c»n’tbut think that They do Live likewis. For, besides those Considtr.itions 1have already deliver’d, to prove that in every Jojnt there is a Mouth forreceiving the Food, (and no doubt anfweruble Organs for the ligefton andDistribution of it,) I have also obste v d that both Sirgle Jojnts. and ostenlarger Pieces have been Voidcd Alive ; and where vast Qusnrities of rbisWorm too ha ve been Voidedat the sime time, in abundinec of Pieces I h.veobserv’d them almost equally Turgid, and alike fill’d withCst.se in proporti-on to the Magnitudö of the parts. Now I carmot think that in Voidingit can always be brokcn into st> msny Pieces ; and if it bedone fonte time bt-fore, and they lie dead in the Body, they must be cmac ratcd, and diffe-rent from what they appear. But that Obst. rva; ion I have already ostenxnention’d, of that Wertn i met with in the Dog I Diffefted in the CclledgeTheatre, doesfurnisli me with something apposite to ourpurp-»se. For here,about themiddleof the Worm, as itlay in the Intejmc, abour a Foot and ahalffrom the Tati, or Dover Extream, I observ’d two Single Joynts , about^ of anlnch long, Alive y and which continu’d their Motion briskly for \ of anHour, or more, in Warm Water. That these were broken off from the Tad,

I nothing quellion, bring in all respects so like them ; And that it must bedone forne time betöre, I am aptto think, becausc they were so remote fromit. For they could not othcrwisc easily, being but Single Joynts, make sogreat an Advance, being upon all Occasions liable rather to be driven down,not being able as I could observe anyways to fasten thcmfelves, and so re-ffst the Force of the desccnding Faces. Which is the Rcason, when brokenoff, they are so frequently voidcd.

Upon the whole, I bave been sometirres apt to think, what Annlogythere may be between this JcjntedWsrm, and Knotted Plants ; of which cachJoyntcanso easily propagate itself. And whether it may not be thoughtan Animal, Plant A ima!, or Zor,phyton y bred in Animal Bodies; Jmce lblarge and frequent Deirur.cations of the Body dbc not destroy the Life of theWhole; Which I think can scarcc be Inftancedin any Animal besides.

Figure 1 6 . Represcnts a Worm, or rather Part of a Wrm, voided by aYoung Man in Lcnd n-, which was 8 Yards Ion?. The lcflir Extreme, »&» Figures,is that part towards the Head-, the broader, the Tati. The Protuberanccs,about the middle cf the Exiges of the Jojnt s , are the Orifices I take forMouths.

F;g. 17 . A Worm I took out of a Dog, which was about 5 F< ot lorfg;and was Altve. The stmall End shews the Head ; as it appear’d then tothe naked Eye. The two Protuberances at the Sides, aie the Motths.

The broad End the Tail,

Fig. 1 8 . I met with this Fisure in Franc. Sanchez,, which tho’ nide andplain, yet very well represcnts those Orifices, which I take for the sevcralMouths of this Worm.

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