ioo Of the Barnacle. 



Edge, and by their circular Difpo- 

 fuion, being fixed at that Extremity, 

 where the Remains of the Sinews 

 that give them Motion appear in 



Plate vi. the Figure, are fo ranged, that the 

 %• 4- Teeth in the alternate Elevation and 

 Depreflion of each Plate aft in Cor- 

 refpondence again ft whatever inter- 

 venes. The Plates are gathered to- 

 gether in fuch a Manner, that to 

 the naked Eye they form an Aper- 

 ture not unlike the Mouth of a con- 

 tracted Purfc, and thus by their mu- 

 tual Concurrence, armed as they are, 

 effectually feeure the Prey from es- 

 caping. A View of one of the fix 



Plate VI. Plates, which I have given from the 

 4- third Magnifier, will convey a better 

 Idea of what I would fay, than I 

 can poffibly exprefs in Words, to 

 which I refer the Reader. 



The Body of the Fifh hath no- 

 thing remarkable in it, that fells 

 within the reach of my Enquiry; 

 I have confequeritly nothing to add 

 concerning it, but that it nearly re- 

 fembles in Shape the Body of a 

 very fmall Oyfler, 



There 



