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LINN. Syft. Nat. Vol. II. P. io6g- 



THEY are animals of a flow 

 progreflive motion, foft 

 fubilance, able to increaie 

 their volume 3 very tenacious of 

 life; they renew their iliin, are 

 hermaphroditical, fond of moif- 

 ture, have neither head nor feet, 

 and may be known by their tenta- 

 cula or leelers. 



By the ancients they were not 

 improperly called imperfedl ani- 

 mals, as being deftitute of head, 

 ears, nofe, feet, and for the moft 

 part of eyes ; therefore totally dif- 



CE font des animaux d'un 

 mouvement progreflif lent; 

 de fubftance molle ; capa- 

 bles d'augmenter leur volume ; 

 tres tenaces de la vie ; qui renou- 

 vellent leurpeau; font hermaphro- 

 dites, aiment I'humidite, n'ont ni 

 tete, ni pieds, et fe reconnoiffent 

 aiscment a leurs tatoirs. 



Les anciens avec aflez de juflefle 

 les appelloient animaux imparfaits 

 comme fe trouvant denues de tete, 

 d'oreilles, de nez et de pieds, et 

 pour la plupart d'yeux; par conse- 

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