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CARNIVOROUS MOLLUSCA. 



to the intestine (Fig. 61,62,* e), which like the oesophagus, 

 winds upwards along the surface of the liver to terminate in 



Fig. 62. 



The stomach of Loligo vulgaris. 



the funnel, which is the common vent of all the excrements. 

 The liver is very large in all the genera of this class, and 

 must furnish a copious supply ; but, besides this, and the 



* In reference to these figures, it may be observed that they are copied 

 from nature ; a remark which seems necessary, since they differ entirely 

 from Sir E. Home's figure of the stomach of Loligo vulgaris, or the Sepia 

 Loligo of Linnseus. Sir Everard's figure appears to have been taken from a 

 species of Octopus. 



