Of the Calamary'j' Suckers. 



the Scales of its Prey, and then is 

 drawn up to a clofer Adhefion by 

 the Retraftion of the Stem and in- 

 ferior part of the Membrane, much 

 in the fame Manner as a Sucker 

 of wet Leather fuftams the Weight 

 of a fmall Stone. 



The Application of more than a 

 thoufand Suckers, which the Ani- 

 mal brings to bear at once by clafp- 

 ing (as I have feen it) the fhort 

 Arms one within another, and thus 

 encircling its Prey, efFedlually fecures 

 it from efcaping, and conquers all 

 its Efforts. Upon one of the fhort 

 Arms I have fometimes counted more 

 than a hundred Suckers, and at the 

 Extremity of the long Arms more 

 than a hundred and twenty. But 

 'tis impoffible to determine their 

 Number exactly, efpecially in the 

 eight fhort Arms \ for they diminifh 

 proportionably in Size from a^th of 

 an Inch in Diameter to an incre- 

 dible Minutenefs at the tip of the 

 Arm, where they are numerous be- 

 yond any certain Eftimation. 



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