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diftance of five lines from the edge, une petite ouverture ovale, qui 

 In the middle of this prominence fert de bouche a I'argus. Des 

 is feen a fmall oval aperture, which deuX cotes de la bouche font pla- 

 is the mouth of the argus. On cc^s d'autres tatoirs pareillement 

 each lide of the mouth are two effiles et de couleur d'argille, qui 

 other tentacuhi, likewife flender, paroiffent etre deftines a faifir la 

 and of a clay color, the purpofe of nourritufe et a la porter a la bouche 

 which feems to be that by their de I'animal -, car les yeux etant pla- 

 means the argus may lay hold of ces en deflbus de la tete, il ue 

 its food and convey it to the pourroit pas apper^cvoir les objets 

 mouth ; for the eyes being placed proche de fa bouche j c'efr pour- 

 in the under part of the head, it quoi il fe trouve pourvu cle ces 

 could not fee the objedls neareft tatoirs pour chercher fa proie. 

 the mouth, it is therefore provided 

 with thefc tentacula to hunt for its 

 prey. 



We now proceed to give an ac- Nous en venons maintenant a 

 count of that part which chiefly cette partie qui fert principalement 

 adorns the argus, and diftinguiflies a orner I'argus, et qui le diflingue 

 it from all other living creatures, de tous les autres animaux. A la 

 On the part of the back oppofite partie du dos oppofee a la tete, a la 

 to the head, four lines diftant from diftance de quatre lignes du bord 

 the border, occurs an oval aper- on rencontre une ouverture ovale 

 ture eight lines in length, and five de huit lignes de long fur cinq de 

 broad. From the middle of this large. Du milieu de ce trou s'eleve 

 hole arifes a flefhy trunk of a whi- un tronc charnu, de couleur blanch- 

 tifl:i color, four lines long, one and atre, longue de quatre lignes et 

 a half broad, which divides into large d'une et demie, qui fe par- 

 two larger branches, the right- tage en deux grandes branches, 

 hand one fubdivided into eight, the celle a droite foudivifee en huit, 

 left into fix lefier branches, which celle a gauche en fix moindres ra- 

 at length end in fmall flender twigs. meaux, qui finilfent ehfin par de 

 Befides thefe another large branch petits rejettons. Outre celles-ci, 

 arifing from the middle of the firft il y a encore une grofle branche, 

 trunk, runs off towards the head, qui fortant du milieu du premier 

 On every one of the branches and tronc prend fa diredion vers la 



twigs 



