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(This occuiTcd ill tlie year The animal 



wasttotflbjitiiig upou ike 'vrater, hat wm ixt « 

 Jiole on *eef| lie does not recollect whi«Ii 



part of tlir si I I'll was uppermost. The mantle 

 rtf the f]-li. like ;i thin membrane, covenid the 

 shell, which was drawn in as soon as ifc was 

 touched, pad the elegant slidl mB d|s- 

 |)layed* I and otliers," dbsetvied my in- 

 iVirmant, " when it was first seen, did not no- 

 tice it, reji'ardino- the animal, as the menibranc 

 enveloped the shell, merely as a piece of 

 blnhber ; but having touched it Iby accident, the 

 mjembfatious covering was di^a^ in, and we 



goon seenn d oiir bearitifiil prizr-/' 



** The fish, " he further observed, " was a 

 larp:e mass attached to the shell, which we soon 

 extracted and threw away, as we only wanted 



U mlhct 



The mantle cotnpared to wimt h$ Imd 

 subseqntntly seen cov®dng the slielk of tTie 



J{arj)s and ( '(tfrr'trs. 



These animals were not numerous, for this 

 was Hie only tjne !ec0ected during the time they 

 rnnained tiiere, of on mbi^nent ymk* 



A section of the shell was afterwards made on 

 bo;ird, but noue oi' the {ip]>enrances, or wliether 

 air or water was coutaiucd \\ ithiii, could be re- 

 collected. 



