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The fyphon has the fame mo- Son mouvement eft fembkble a 



tion as the hydra; for fometimes celui de I'hydre, car .tantot il s'al- 



it extends to almoft the length of longe prefque d'un pied, tantot il 



a foot, fometimes it contratfts into fe retire, en elergiffant la partie 



a lefs volume, by enlarging the etroite de fon corps vers la pointe 



narrovi^er portion of its body, near qui eft fpherique. Au refte il ne 



thepoint which is fpherical. How- fe ramaffe jamais en peloton, comme 



ever it never contradls itfelf into a j'ai vu faire a I'hydre. 

 ball, as I have obferved the hydra 

 to do. 



It inhabits deep feas, whence it II habite la haute mer, d'ou il 



is never caft upon the {hore, but it n'eft jamais rejette fur le rivage, 



fometimes enters the fifhermen's mais il entre quelquefois avec d'au- 



nets together with other fifh. It tres poiffons dans les filets ; il ne 



is ufed by no body for food, nor is fert nulle part de nourriture, et 



it of any other ufe that the fiflier- n'eft d'aucun autre ufage.que les 



men have been able to difcover. pecheurs aient pu decouvrir. 



Siphunculus Saccatus. Linn. No. Le Petit Syphon a Sac. 



2. The Bagged Tube Worm. Sa forme eft comme celle du 



Plate II. Fig. 4. Is fhaped like precedent; mais cet animal-ci a 



the former; but this animal has de plus une peau lache, membra- 



moreover a loofe membranaceous neufe & diaphane, dans lequel il 



fkin diaphanous, in which the ani- fe trouve renferme comme dans un 



mal is inclofed, as it were in a fac. Sa demeure eft dans I'ocean 



bag. Inhabits the Indian ocean. Indien. 



GENUS 6. HIRUDO. Tab. II. 



CHARACTER GENERIS. 



Corpus oblongum, promovens fe ore caudaque in orbiculum dilatandis. 



6th GENUS. 



