FOOT OF THE GECKO. 



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of the Gecko. The two rows are separated by a 

 thin ligamentous partition, and the plates, being 

 raised or depressed by the voluntary muscles, 

 form so many vacua, by means of which the 

 adhesion of the fish is effected. 



Fig. 05. 



These beautiful contrivances of Divine Wisdom 

 cannot fail to arrest the attention and excite the 

 admiration of the reader ; but though there can 

 be little doubt that they are pneumatic suckers 

 wrought by the voluntary muscles of the animals 

 to which they belong, yet we would recommend 

 the further examination of them to the attention 

 of those who have good microscopes at their 

 command. 



