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mediately takes possession, and parades in his 

 new conquest three or four times backwards and 

 forwards upon the strand before his envious an- 

 tagonist. When taken, it is said to utter a 

 feeble cry, endeavouring to seize the enemy with 

 its nippers; which, if it fasten upon, it will 

 sooner die than quit. 



THE PINNA. -4 ; 



Animals of this genus inhabit bivalve shells, 

 fragile, and furnished with a beard ; gapes at 

 one end ; the valves hinge without a tooth. They 

 inhabit the coasts of Provence, Italy, and the 

 Indian Ocean. The largest and most remarkable 

 species inhabit the Mediterranean. It is blind, 

 as are all of the genus ; but furnished with very 

 strong calcareous valves. The Cuttle-fish, an 

 inhabitant of the same sea, is a deadly foe to 

 this animal. As soon as the Pinna opens its 

 shell, it rushes upon her like a lion, and would 

 always devour her, but for another animal whom 

 she protects within her shell, and from whom in 

 return she receives very important services. It 

 is an animal of the crab kind, naked like the 

 hermit-crab, and very quick - sighted. This 



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