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rounding the mouth, which is at the end, and furnished 

 with a club-shaped proboscis. 



***** Mouth before; bodij furnished with arms. 



16. Triton. Arms twelve, divided, some of thera clawed. 



17. Sepia. Cuttle. Arms six or eight, furnished with 

 concave disks or suckers on the inner sides ; tentacula 

 two, long, expansile ; mouth formed like a beak ; eyes 

 situated beneath the tentacula ; body fleshy. 



This genus is found in the shallows of most seas, some of 

 the kinds grow to a vast size, particularly those that arc 

 natives of high latitudes, they are said to acquire such a 

 magnitude, as to become dangerous to the natives who navi- 

 gate the Indian seas, in canpes, and that they always provide 

 themselves with an axe, that should the Cuttle throw its arms 

 over their boats, they may cut them ofF, to prevent their boat 

 from sinking ; and we are informed, specimens have been 

 seen measuring two fathoms across the centre part, and each 

 of the arms nine fathoms long. 



18. Clio. Arms two, membranaceous, extended. 



19. Onchidium. Arms two, dilated, situated at the sides of 

 the head. 



20. Lobaria. Body convex above j beneath flat, and 

 lobat@. 



