Mr. BoYs'j Account of the Flujlra Arenofa, Gfr. 231 



tRe cells which compofe it. — It is very friable when dry. Whether 

 it belongs to this genus or not, I lubmit to the curious." Kllis- 

 Zooph. p. 17. 



Great numbers of thefe bodies are found, in the fpiing, on the 

 fandy fhore between the mouth of Sandwich Haven and Deal, at 

 low water ; in fome years more than in others ; particularly in May 

 1797. — It is undoubtedly the nidus of fome marine animal, as I have 

 found the cells intire, with eggs in each. 



In the fummer feafon there is frecjuently found on the fame fhore, 

 clufters of black roundilh bodies united together by Ihort cords, 

 forming very exaftly the refemblance of bunches of black grapes 

 both as to fize and colour. The fubftance is tough and elaflic, and 

 the bodies confift of feveral coats, the outermoft of which is black, 

 and the innermofl: perfe6lly tranfparent ; and they are filled with 

 clear water, containing the eggs, and fometimes the living embryos 

 of the Sepia officinalis. 



During the fame feafon we likewife meet with large mafles of a 

 jelly-like fubftance, to which are connefted a number of tubercu- 

 lated appendages bearing together the refemblance of a mop ; which 

 tubercles are diaphanous, and include fometimes the eggs and fome- 

 times the embryos alive of another fpecies of Sepia — I think the 

 Loligo, but am not certain,. 



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