Of the Ca LAMARy'i 



no Opinion concerning their Ufe> 

 more particularly ib s fince the fame 

 Duels without the Ovai-Bag are 

 found in the Female, perhaps for 

 the Depofition of the Spawn. 



It is remarkable, that the Bag 

 and Milt-Veflels form themfelves 

 gradually ; that unfolding, as thefe 

 frame and range themfelves in Bundles 

 fo artificially difpofed, tho' in diffe- 

 rent Directions, for their fucceffive 

 Ejection, as they lie neareft the 

 Channels, that an ordinary PrefTure 

 will not derange and blend them 

 together. 



As the Subject which I have be- 

 fore me had been a Matter of Ex- 

 amination to me fome Months be- 

 fore any Signs of Milt appeared, I 

 was much furprifed to find a new 

 Veffel forming itfelf in an obvious 

 Part, and replete with a Milky Juice : 

 I thought it ftrange, that in fuch 

 a Number of Calamaries y I had 

 differed, in cafe their Manner of 

 Propagation refembled that of other 

 Fifh, not one Male fhould be found j 

 yet this had been rriy Conclufion, 



