rUKSKHVATIOX OF THE I'HYSAWA. 



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or defensive |M(>])in'ty analogous to that of the 

 P/tf/.^rifia, l iut tor wliat purpose it would be diffi- 

 cult to form an opinion. 



The; tmil m^tM adopted M pm^- 



"by plaoiiio- it in spirits ; the form is tliiis well 

 proservcjl ; hut its vivid tints, tlie sul»joct of so 

 much admiration, arc totally lost, As it is witli 

 tlie l}<saivfcifiil bill ^vmmeAt wltm iowera, 

 no m^od hs^ isfem dlscorered l>y which their 

 natural brilliancy can be preserved, and it is 

 impossilile to retain tliat peculiar brightness 

 given only by life and health. I have preserved 

 the animal by detachmg the teutaculse from the 



perishahLe to enable iheta to be dried, eti 7nasse, 

 with any chance of success ; their form only 

 being preserved well in spirits ;) then ])ei'mitting- 

 the air to escape from the bladder, dried, 



pt6g$^> mi $it&iweMn gmm^ on pap^, it 

 produces a gdod lateral view of the fom of this 

 mollusca ; the eolonrs hein^ afterwards artifi- 

 cially renewed hv the pencil, and the tentaeula; 

 underneath drawn and coloured, the tout en- 

 Mmble eonYeyt m idea of %e bdlliattt ^ptm^ 

 mm of l^e animal, as far as can he produced 

 by art. I have also kept the" animnl with the 

 bladder iuflated, dried it in that state, and, by 



