EYE OP THE CUTTLE-FISH. 



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phery of the optic ganglion arise the numerous nervous filaments which, 

 after perforating the posterior part of the globe of the eye, expand into 

 the post-pigmental retina. 



(1594.) Between the globe of the eye (g) and the cornea (f) is a 

 capacious serous cavity, which extends to a considerable distance to- 



Fig. 293. 



Loligopsis Verani. 



wards the posterior part of the orbital chamber, and holds the same 

 relation to the visual apparatus, and the cavity in which it is lodged, as 

 the serous lining of the human pericardium does to the heart, and the 

 fibrous capsule in which that viscus is lodged, evidently forming an 



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