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at the large aperture, and armed Ourfins au marche comme les 



with fmall teeth. AtMarfeilles, Sea huitres. On ne les ouvre que les 



Urchins are fold in the markets mains gante'es. On les mange 



the fame as oyfters, and the people lorfqu'ils font pleins d'oeufs, comme 



do not open them, but with gloves les oeufs a la coque. II faut etre 



on. They are eaten, when full fait a cet aliment qui, au premier 



of eggs, boiled like hens eggs. coup d'ceil, paroit tres-degoutant. 



Cuftom muft reconcile one to this Lorfque I'animal eft mort, les 



kind of food, which at firft feems pointes dont il eft herifle tombent, 



very difguftful. When the ani- & laiftent a decouvert les apophyfes 



mal is dead, the fpines with which Sc petits trous fans nombre dont 



it is fet, fall off, and leave naked la coquille eft couverte par com- 



the avenues and numberlefs fmall partimens. 

 points, fet in compartments over 

 the bony incruftation. 



It has been warmly difputed, by On a beaucoup difpute parmi 



naturalifts, whether the Echini les phyficiens fi les Heriffons de 



Marini belonged properly to the Mer appartenoient proprement aux 



cruftaceous or the teftaceous ani- animaux cruftaces ou aux teftace's, 



malsj the determination is eafy, et la queftion fe refout aifement en 



they belong to neither : their difant qu'ils ne fe rapportent ni 



charaderiftics, the ftrudlure of their aux uns ni aux autres. Leurs ca- 



bodies, and even the form, ufe and raderes, la ftrudure de leur corps, 



intent of their feveral exterior parts, et meme la forme, I'ufage et le but 



ufually comprehended under the de leurs parties exterieures com- 



term fljell, are wholly different munement comprifes fous le terme 



from thofe of all other creatures j de coquille different entierement de 



and as fuch are a diftind feries of tout autre animal, et comme tels 



animals by themfelves, and require ce font des animaux a part et qui 



to be arranged accordingly. s'arrangent en confequence. 



Klein, who has been at great Klein, qui s'eft donne beaucoup 



pains to arrange thefe bodies, has de mal pour I'arrangement de ces 



divided them into feveral genera, corps les a divife's en plufieurs 



but they may be all conveniently genres, mais ils fe rangent tous 



ranked under the two families of affez commodement fous les deux 



the Linna;an fyftem. fiimilles du fyfteme de Linne. 



Echinus 



