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thinnefs, and cafting backwards two of his 

 ^rms^ fqr he rows with the others, he 

 ftcers his courfe, till, refilling his Shell 

 with water, he finks hinifelf to the bottom. 



Thefe Shells are found in many parts of 

 the Mediterranean, and alfo in the Eaft- 

 Indies. Mr. Argenville, in his Zoomor- 

 phofe, p. 29, gives us a recital of the lateft 

 pbfervations relative to the animal and its 

 failing. The filh is of the Polypus or 

 Pourcuttle kind ; its head is pretty big, 

 with two large eyes ; it has eight arms or 

 legs, of a foft flefhy fubflance ; they are 

 thicker towards the body, and are con- 

 nedled, or webbed together, by a flight 

 membrane. They are of a filvery colour, 

 fet with fuckers or knobs on the fides, 

 are flatted like oars, and ferve him to 

 fwim ; and with thefe he feems to row 

 and fleer his vefTel, The fix foremoft are 

 ihort, and he balances himfelf and extends 

 theni as he fwims. The two hinder ones, 

 longer than the others, he plunges in the 



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