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ROOM X. 
Nat. Hist. 
CASE 
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TABLE 
1. 
Several niollusca, as cuttle fish ; the inhabit- 
ants of bivalve and univalve shells, &c. preserved 
in spirits. 
Vermes or worms, as neriades, &c. 
A collection of skulls and casts, to illustrate 
the principal varieties of the human race; amongst 
which are the skulls of three Egyptian mummies, 
very different from one another in form. 
In this table is deposited the Cracherodian col- 
lection of shells. Among: the most remarkable 
are the following : 
(Div. 1.) Testacea niollusca cephalopoda and 
cirrhipoda, among which are, three species 
of argonauta or paper-nautilus ; these shells are 
remarkable for the slightness of their fabric and 
the elegance of their form. They are said to be 
inhabited by an animal not unlike the cuttle fish 
which by extending a pair of membranes has the 
power of sailing on the surface of the sea. — A 
nautilus, commonly distinguished by the appella- 
tion of chambered nautilus ; — spirula or pearly 
nautilus ; — a collection of barnacles, animals who 
sometimes adhere in such abundance to the bot- 
toms of ships as to impede the motion of vessels 
through the waters.- — One of the species anatifa 
anatifera was supposed by ancient naturalists to 
produce the Soland goose. 
(Div. 2, 3, and 4.) Mollusca gasteropoda, uni- 
valve 
