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and with yellow futures; each valve is divided 

 in two by a crofs future, of which that is the 

 leaft which forms the fumrait : the fide which 

 opens has yellow linear edges : but the back 

 defcribes almoil a circle: the ridge of the 

 back is brown, and has on both fides black 

 and yellow futures : the bottom is faffron co- 

 loured. 



Adelphozion I call a fpecies of worms 

 which were joined together in the water by 

 hundreds, and we at firft took them to be 

 fnakes ; but when we caught them by a hook 

 they parted : each of them was an inch long ; 

 fcarce as broad as a finger ; had compreffed 

 fides, and at firft fight looked like a little fifli 

 without fins : the whole body was foft, pellu- 

 cid, but a little more folid at the ends : there 

 were no bones in them, and only a fine finew 

 or fide line ; and a red brown edge quite in 

 the middle fomewhat diftant from the fnout. 

 As I wanted time and opportunity to confider 

 them more attentively, I preferved fome in 

 fpirits, and others in fea water ; but they loft 

 their former figure in both. I afterwards faw 

 a drawing of many worms connected together, 

 at Mr. Affiftant Braad's, who met with them 

 in his voyage to Suratte, in the fhip called 



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