[371] Lyonet Ibid. 426. Cuv. Anat. Comp. iv. 419.
[372] Lyonet says (426), "au-delà de trois millions de fois plus petits qu'un grain de sable"!!
[373] Ibid.
[374] His words are—"In silkworms I have clearly seen various small vessels spring from and approaching to the heart, which I have even filled with a coloured liquid. But whether they were veins or arteries I cannot yet affirm." i. 112. a. 176. a. According to Cuvier (Anat. Comp. iv. 418), but I cannot find the passage, Swammerdam also mentions having seen a red fluid issue from small vessels in grasshoppers.
[375] Reaum. v. 103.
[376] Bonnet ii. 309. Perhaps in both cases the alimentary canal was the organ seen.
[377] Reaum. iv. 171—.
[378] Lesser L. ii. 84. note.
[379] De Geer ii. 505—. vi. 287.
[380] On the Microscope. i. 130.