Freshwater hydra air raid Rick Huxley

Rick Huxley

with New River and City Road beyond

Diana Chapman and Terry Cashfield seen here surrounding the latest of Dr Who enemies 'The Monoid'

East view of the quadrangle of St Peter's Hospital

Freshwater hydra air raid Rick HuxleyFreshwater animal of the class hydrozoa, clinging to the side of a glass vessel. This creature, usually referred to as a 'polyp' was the subject of a major series of researches by the Swiss naturalist Abraham Trembley (1710 1784) whose work is cited in the letter accompanying this illustration. Figure pasted into a letter by the Honourable Charles Bentinck, the Hague, 15 September 1741, to Martin Folkes at the Duke of Richmond's, Whitehall, London.