PHYSICAL AND LITERARY. 9 



bvafy or receptacle, in which the nafcent 

 huccina ampidlata are found, has fdmething 

 remarkably curious in its ftrudare. 



Tab. i. jig, i. feprefents the matrix^ as 

 it is called, of the huccinum atnpullatwn, fent 

 me from South-Carolhia by Dr. Gardm j the 

 length of which was full two foot. 



aa a a a, &c. are the cells, receptacles or 

 pods, compofing this matrix^ whofe number 

 amounted to 94. Thefe pods, towards the 

 extremity D, turned ftnaller. 



ABCD, a band or ligament conneding 

 the feverai cells or pods, of much the fame 

 kind of fubftance with the fides of the eells^ 

 but thicker and tougher; 



The pods or cells are compofed of a thin^ 

 tough, tranfparent fkin or membrane, and 

 contain in their cavities a coniiderable num^ 

 ber of fmall biiccinai 



Fig. 2. reprefents one of thefa cells intire, 

 thro* the tranfparent membrane of which 

 jnay be feen the huccina it contains. 



Fig. 3 . {hews one of thefe cells or pods o- 



■pened, that its huccina may be diftindtly feen, 



VoL.IL> B Fig. 



