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fet all over with cylindric tenta- gueres plus d'une ligne de dia- 

 cula, in fuch numbers, that the metre, et quatre de long. lis font 

 head of a pin could fcarce find d'un blanc eclatant, excepte la 

 room between. Their diameter is pointe qui efl: de couleur fonce'e et 

 not much above a line, and their faite en forme d'emboiture. Au 

 length is that of four lines. They moyen de ces tatoirs I'Holothurie 

 are of a fliining whitenefs, except fe cramponne au fond de la mer de 

 the extremity which is of a dark maniere a ne pouvoir en etre ar- 

 color, and fliaped like a focket. rachee par les tempetes, ce qui 

 By the help of thefe tentacula the autrement lui arriveroit d'autant 

 Holothuria fixes its body at the plus fouvent que ce zoophyte fe 

 bottom of the fea, fo as not to be tient pres des rivages oil I'eau n'a 

 eafily forced away by tempefls, gueres fix pieds de profondeur. 

 which would otherwife happen the Or s'il s'attache a d'autres corps 

 more frequently, as this zoophyte par le moyen de fes tatoirs abdo- 

 dwells near the fhores where the minaux, la pointe de ceux ci doit 

 water fcarce rifes to a fathom's neceflairement etre faite en em- 

 height. Now if it adheres to other boituirecomme la Seiche, les Our- 

 bodies by means of its ventral ten- fins de mer et les etoiles ont les 

 tacula, their point mufl neceifarily leurs, a I'aide dcfquels ils faififfent 

 have the form of a focket, as the les autres corps. 

 Cuttle-fifli, Sea-urchins and Star- 

 fifli have theirs fliaped, by which 

 they lay hold of any other body. 



From this fituation of the Holo- D'apres cette fituation de I'iTo- 



thuria at the bottom of the fea, lothurie au fond de la mer, fitua- 



which it alfo retains when kept in tiou qu'elle rctient auffi dans un 



a vefTel filled with fea-water, it vale rempli d'eau de mer, il doit 



mud be evident to any one,, that I etre evident a qui que ce foit, que 



have not groundlefsly determined je n'ai pas agi temerairement ea 



which was its back, and which determinant quel etoit le ventre et 



its belly, which otherwife in a quel le dos de Tanimal ; ce qui 



cylindric body would have been a d'aillcurs dans un corps cylindrique 



difiicult ta{k. But as all animals auroit ete tres difficile a faire. 



uniformly walk or refl upon their Mais puifque routes les betes uni- 



bellies, and the Holothuria has formcment tnarchent ou s'apuyent 



like- 



