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breathing and reproductive organs. A recurrent nerve from tiie 

 inferior buccal ganglion follows the a'sophagus, ending in a 

 ganglion upon tlie stomach. 



A modification of this plan is found in the Nautili. Here a 

 thick transverse cord situated in front of the (Esophagus repre- 

 sents the cerebral ganglia ; from its outer angles the optic and 

 olfactory nerves proceed, from its anterior edge those of the 

 buccal mass. The pedal ganglia placed close to the cerebral 

 ganglia, are united by a slender commissure ; from them are 

 supplied all the nerves of the foot or arms, of the funnel and of 

 the ears. The parieto-splanchnic ganglia, lengthened into a thick 

 cord, united at each end with the cerebral ganglia, form an 

 cesophageal ring. Two large ganglia are found, one on either 

 side of the stomach. 



Organs of Sense. 



We have already, in speaking of the digestive system, shown 

 the probable situation of organs of taste ; it remains to us to pass 

 in review biiefl}' those of Sight, of Hearing and of Smell. 



A. Organs of Sight. — The sessile eye is lodged in orbital 

 cavities on either side of the head, in the dibranchiates ; in the 

 tetrabranchiates it is elevated upon peduncles. In the former 

 case the cephalic cartilage, as we have already seen, partlj-- 

 encloses it, whilst in some instances special orbital cartilages are 

 also present ; the enclosure is completed hy a fibrous capsule 

 continuous with the cephalic cartilage, which becomes transparent 

 over the eye and is likened to the cornea or even to the eyelid in 

 vertebrates. This transparent capsule presents several modifica- 

 tions ; it may be entire or with a small perforation as in the 

 Octopods, in Sepia, Loligo and other genera, constituting the 

 division My ojisid^ oH cVOrhiguy; or it may have a wide opening, 

 for the projection of the crystalline lens, as in Ommastrephes, 

 Loligopsis, etc. — the Oigopsidse of d'Orbigny. It is entirely 

 wanting in Xautilus. 



We find in the dibranchiates a large portion of the e3'e- 



chamber occupied by the optic ganglion, by ocular muscles and 



by a white glandular substance. The silvery tapetum lines but 



does not adhere to the ocular capsule ; its two layers pass into 



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