( 88 ) 



derer as they recede from the bafe. 

 It dwells in the Ocean throughout, 

 efpecially in arms of the ie^. It 

 is called by fome the Magellanic 



rOcean, partlculierement dans les 

 bras de mer. Quelques uns I'ap- 

 pellent I'Etoile de Mer Magella- 

 nique et le Poilibn a Corbeille. 



Star-Fifli, and Bafket FiHi : the Le bout des rayons dans cette 



extremities of the rays of this fpe- efpece fe foudivife a une fineffe 



cies are fubdivided to an almoft prefque inconcevable, et I'animal 



inconceivable finenefs; and the lorfqu'il les etend entierement, 



creature, when it extends them forn^e un cercle qui a pres de trois 



fully, forms a circle of near three pieds de diametre,- les brifures des 



feet in diameter: the fragments of rayons de ce poiffon fourniifent les 



the rays of this iifh furnifh the entroques fofliles. 

 foffile entrochi. 



If we drown the Sea Stars in Si Ton plonge I'ctoile de Mer 



brandy or fpirits of wine, and keep dans de I'eau de vie ou de I'efprit 



the rays flat and expanded, in the de vin et que Ton tienne les rayons 



execution, it is eafy to extradl by applatis et etendus durant I'opera- 



means of a pair of forceps the tion il eft aife d'extraire avec des 



flomach of the animal whole and pinces I'eftomac entier de I'animal, 



entire through the mouth. par la bouche. 



GENUS i8th. ECHINUS. Tab. XI. 



CHARACTER GENERIS. 



Corpus fubrotundum, crufta ofTea tedium, fplnis mobilibus fajpius 

 aculeatum. Linn. Syft. Nat. Pa. 1102. 



i8th. GENUS. The SEA URCHIN. Plate XI. 



CHARACTER OF THE GENUS. 



The body nearly round, covered with a bony incruftation, for the moft 

 part briftling with moveable fpines. 



1 8 me. 



