1 6 The Gefteral Appearances, &cc. 



This Creature has a Variety of other Po- 

 ftures, which it would feem trifling to at- 

 tempt defcribing: faftening itfelf fometimes 

 to the Veflel by its Head and Arms, and 

 railing its Tail upright : coiling its Body, at 

 other times, in a circular Figure, and cover- 

 ing its Head with its Tail ; and frequently 

 rubbing or ftroking its Head and Body with 

 its Mouth and Arms, as it were to clean or 

 drefs itfelf, or remove fome Uneafinefs it 

 feels. 



Its common Motions are very flow, ex- 

 cepting thofe of extending and contrafting 

 the Body and Arms, which are performed in 

 nearly the fame Time as a Snail takes up to 

 come out of, or retire into its Shell, and in 

 a manner not much unlike it. In feizing and 

 mafl:ering its Prey it is however furprizingly 

 nimble. It can lengthen out or fhorten its 

 Arms, without extending or contracfling its 

 Body ; and can do the fame by the Body, 

 without altering the Length of its Arms: 

 both, however, are ufually moved together, 

 at the fame Time and in the fame Diredlion, 



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