Of the Calamary'x 



Portion of the Whole ; but as it ap- 

 peared to me fufficient to Ihew the 

 Difference betwixt the Calamary 

 and Cuttle-fifi in this Particular, I 

 judged the precedent Defcription 

 would be well enough ^explained 

 by it. 



It is remarkable that thefe Rows 

 of Teeth (an Obfervation which is 

 yet more fenfible in the Calamary) 

 are fo inclined in Proportion to their 

 feveral Diftances from the interme- 

 diate Range, that their Points, if 

 the Teeth were carried on each in 

 its Direction, would meet nearly in 

 the Center of the Paflage where the 

 Throat opens, and is inferred into a 

 long narrow Gut leading to the 

 Animal's Stomach, fo that the Food 

 in its Defcent adheres not in the 

 Interfaces of the Teeth, but receives 

 during its Comminution a continual 

 Diredtion, which infenfibly difen- 

 gages and conducts it to the Aper- 

 ture thro' which it is defigned to 

 pafs. 



The Drawing exhibits no more 

 than twenty four Teeth in each Row, 



whereas 



