An attempt towards a natural history of the polype : in a letter to Martin Folkes / By Henry Baker.

  • Baker, Henry, 1698-1774.
Date:
1743
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An attempt towards a natural history of the polype : in a letter to Martin Folkes / By Henry Baker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tangles in the delicate Arms of the Polype9 prevents their Motion, and difables them from taking their Prey. When a Polype extends in Water, its Bo¬ dy commonly feems fmooth and flippery, and has a good deal the Refemblance of a Snail’s; but on fome there are feveral white protuberant Subfiances Handing out from the Sides, and appearing pointed and irregular. Others have a remarkable dark Spot acrofs the Body, efpecially when not quite empty. Both thefe Cafes are reprefen ted by the Fi¬ gures A and B. Permit me, Sir, for my Readers fuller Information, to add your Account of the Po¬ lype, from the Philofophical Tranfactions, N°.469. Page 424. Your Words are Thefe; <c When moil con traded, it looks like a <c little Ball, from one Part of which rifes <e a fmall Knob, not unlike what is com- <£ monly feen at the Head of a Lemon: This cc is the Tail, and upon this the Infed, in “ this