3§ Of the CalamaryV 



other Gut, which in the Micro 

 fcope appears to be compofed of 

 longitudinal Fibres, capable of fo 

 confiderable a Dilatation, as well as 

 Exteniion, that after having drawn 

 it out to more than double its na- 

 tural Length, its Diameter then not 

 exceeding that of a Hair, I have 

 cut off a fmali Portion, and placing 

 it in a Drop of Water, have with 

 two pointed Inftruments dilated it 

 to ten times the Diameter of a 

 Hair : It opens not into the Stomach, 

 but is inferted into the Side of the 

 outward inclofing Gut, about four 

 Sixths of its Depth, runs upward to 

 the Animal's Throat, doubles and 

 adheres to the Root of its Beak, 

 fattens itfeif by almoft impercepti- 

 ble Ligaments to that Part, which 

 forms the Tongue and Throat, a- 

 bout the Middle of it, and goes off 

 into the Body. 



Plate II, 9. Laftly, a thin tranfparent Mem- 

 brane covers the lower Part, and 

 joins the Extremity of the Cafe, 

 under which is contained a Blad- 

 der of clear limpid Water, but 

 of what ufe it may be I cannot tejh 



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