Class VI. WORMS. 55 



La Seiche. Belon. aquat.^S. Matthiol. in Dh/corid. 326. Officinalis. 



Sepia. Rondel 498. ^ 47. Office 



Seb. Muf. iii. tab. iii. j%. 1, 2. S. Officinalis. £/«. nal« 



^?. 1095. i*Wff. S»<tf. iV?. 2706. Am*n. Acad. 



S. with an ovated body ; fins along the whole of 

 the fides, and almoft meeting at the bottom ; 

 two long tentacula •, the body contains the bone, 

 the cuttle-hone of the mops, which was formerly 

 ufed as an abforbent. 



The bones are frequently flung on all our 

 fhores ; the animal very rarely. 



This (in common with the other fpecies) emits, 

 when frighted or purfued, the black liquor which 

 the antients fuppofed darkened the circumambient 

 wave, and concealed it from the enemy. . 



Xwr'a owtb $Q\Q$go<rwr,a'i i &C. 



Th* endanger'd Cuttle thus evades his fears, 

 And native hoards of fluid fafety bears. 

 A pitchy ink peculiar glands fupply, 

 Whofe fhades the fharpeft beam of light defy. 

 Purfu'd he bids the fable fountains flow, 

 And wrapt in clouds eludes th' impending foe. 

 The fiih retreats unfeen, while felf-born night, 

 With pious (hade befriends her parent's flight *. 



# Jtnssh Tranflation of Oppian's Halieut. lib. iii. 



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