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then not unlefs irritated. I how- ne foient Irrites. J'accorde cepen- 



everreadilyadmit this Tethyswould dant volontiers que la Tethys feroit 



be hard of digeftion, on account dure a digerer a caufe de fa fliudlure 



of its fibrous fubftance. fibreufe. 



GENUS 9. HOLOTHURIA. Tab. VI. 



CHARACTER GENERIS. 



Corpus liberum, nudum, gibbum, ano terminali. Tentacula plura in 

 altera extreniitate. Os inter tentacula. Linn. Syil. Nat. P. 1089. 



9th GENUS. The HOLOTHURIA. Plate VI. 



CHARACTER OF THE GENUS. 



The body detached, naked, gibbous, terminated by the anus. Many 

 tentacula at the other extremity, furrounding the mouth. 



9me. GENRE. L'HOLOTHURIE. Pi. VI. 



CARACTERE DU GENRE. 



Le corps eft detache, nud, 6c bofTu, termine' par I'anus. Ily a plufieurs 

 tatoirs a I'autre extremite. I>a bouche eft fituee entre les tatoirs. 



HOLOTHURIA Tremula. J 'HOLOTHURIE Trem- 



Linn. No. 3.The Quivering J J blante. 



Holothuria. Plate VI. Fig. 2. Elle a commune'menthuitpouces 



It commonly meafures eight inches delong e'tant morte, mais lorfqu'en 



in length when dead ; but alive vie elle s'etend a audela d'un pied, 



extends itfelf to more than a foot, ou bien fe ramafle en peloton. 



or contradls its body into a ball. La figure en eft cylindrique, dont 



Its figure is cylindric, the diame- le diametre eft partout egal a un 



ter 



