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tcr of which is every way eqml to pouce et quelques lignes. Le dos 

 an inch and a few lines. The d'lin brun iuiice' eft orne' d'unc 

 back of a dirk brown proudly variete de manimellons ciiarnus de 

 bears a variety of flediy pyramid- forme pyramid^le, de couleur par- 

 like nipples, of a dark color like- eillement foncie ;\ Icur lufe, miis 

 wife at their bafis, but white at blanche a la pointc. On peut rc- 

 their apex. They are obferved to marquer qu'il y en a dc deux dif- 

 be of two different fizes j the larger ferentcs grandeur?, les grands 

 occupy the length of the back, in regnent le long du dof, quatorze 

 number fourteen on each lide, at de chaque coie, eloignes de fix 

 the diftance of fix lines one from lignes Ics uns des autres lorfque 

 the other, when the flolothuria is I'animal eft ramaffe, mais de huit 

 contracted, but the intervening quand il eft etendu. D'autres fern- 

 fpace is full eight lines when the blables fe trouvent places ca et la 

 animal is extended. Others like fans ordie. Les moindres font 

 thefe are placed here and there pro- pareillement repandus partout fur 

 mifcuoufly. The Icfs are fcattered le dos. II decoule de tous ua 

 in like manner, without order, in mucilage blanchatre qui fert a. 

 every part of the back. Out of humeder le corps. D'oii il fem- 

 them all exfudes a whitifh mucilage ble que tous les fudits niammellons 

 ferving to lubricate the body. font autant de glandes pourvues 

 Hence all the forefaid nipples feem d'un tuyau excretoire d'une ouver- 

 to be fo many glands furnifhed tare fi petite que je n'ai pu la de'- 

 with an excretory dudl, the aper- couvrir a I'aide d'une loupe ordi- 

 ture of which is fo minute, that I naire. Qu'ils font au furplus 

 could not difcover it by the help munis de divers mufcles, s'en fuit 

 of a common glafs. That they de ce que I'Holothurie les peut 

 are moreover provided with various elever ou effacer a fa volonte. 

 mufcles follows hence, that the L'axe et le diametre de la bafe dans 

 Holothuria can raife and obliterate les grands mammellons, lorfqu'ils 

 them at pleafure. While the font releve's, a trois lignes. Le 

 larger papillas are quite eredl, their ventre ou la partie oppofe'e au dos 

 axis and the diameter of their bafe, eft d'un brun tirant fur le blanc et 

 meafures three lines. The belly tout parfeme de tatoirs cylindriques 

 or part oppofite to the back in the fi ferre's qu'on y pafleroit a peine 

 Holothuria is of a pale brown and la tete d'une cpingle. lis n'ont 



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