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THE NATUR 



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from the reft, and expands to the breadth of three or f ur inches ; but 



than the top of a man's fi 

 feds" in the leas about the weftern 'iflands 



the head i 

 I have obiervtd two or three of thef 



CLIO i. Vagina triquetrd pyramidatd, ore oblique truncato. Tab. 43. f, 1. 



The fmaller Clio, with a trilateral fheath. 



his beautiful little creature, together with its vagina, fel :om exceeds half an inch 



length. The body, which is opake, flender, and pointed at the bottom, fupports 



fmall round head adorned with a little fharp bill, and a pair of beautiful green eyes; 



the moulders are furnifhed with two tranfparent membranous expanfi 



by 



tfelf with great celerity on or under the furface of the water ; but the lower 



part of the infect is fattened to the bottom of the fheath into which it (h 

 thence extrudes itfelf as occafion requires. The vagina is of a firm confidence 



dfrom 



d made large enough to contain the whole body of 



parent, ai 



with its membranous expanfions, upon occafion 



together 



of a regular figure, fharp 



d commonly about i4 ths of an inch in J. ?tb 



forms 



d fizes 



mucn 



derneath, pointed at the extremity 

 I have found two other empty fheaths, of difR 

 fame latitude ; which feemed to agree fo well with this, in the general habit, confid- 

 ence, and appearance, that I was induced to look upon them as the cafes of different 

 fpecies of the fame kind ; for which reafon I ha 



ed them here as fuch 



CLIO 



Vagina compreffd caudatd, 



Th 





a 



to 



> 



h a large comprefled (heath 



CLIO 3. Vagina triquetrd> ore horizontali. 



The Clioy with 



a lar 



e triangular fheath. 



The fheaths or vaginae of thefe two fpecies are pretty large, being feldom under 



nn inch, or better, in length : they are tranfparent like that of the other, and of a 

 firm confiflea:.e. 



SEPIA 1. Vagina fit bov at o-t rune at a 



/ 



The Ink or Scuttle-Fifli 





Th 



is in 



feci 



is 



fide of the ifland 



freq 



;h about J, 



but moft common on the north 



It 



compofed of a firm tranfparent fheath which includes the 



ft part of an adherent but fofter gelatinous mafs, furnifhed with a g 



her of 



la of different fizes and forms. It is curious to fee how readily 



hide itfelf 



the c 







this creature difcharges its ink on the approach of danger, to 



loured fluid: but the juices difcharged on fuch occafions, are not only black and 



thereby fuffi 



them 



about 



pernicious to the g 



protect the creature by giving a tincture to and thickening 



ey are alfo bitter and clammy which muft probably render 



hurtful to the eyes of all other nfhes 



ARETUSA 1. Crijld fubrubelld venojd. 



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The Portuguefe Man of War. 



an a fimple tranfparent bladder, furnifhed with a great 

 >r ftringy appendixes. The former is very like the human 



ned with a cellular creft on the upper fide ; but from 

 larger extremity, it emits its long and numerous ten- 

 tacular : thefe take their rife by fourteen or fifteen tendinous roots, and divide after- 



This is no more 

 mber of tentacula 



i\ 



fhap 



and 



oppofite part, towards the 



4 



wards 



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