Tubes are hollow in the infide, making cavities betwixt 
the Lines, both firopie and branched, which compofe 
them. They arife from the Orifice in the middle of the 
inner part of the Shell, and proceed toward the fides of 
it. 3 the branched part is neareft the fide of the Shell. This 
is what I could obferve of the Shell, upon both the outer 
and inner fide of it. To come now to the Animal : In the 
upper part appear’d like a Mouth gaping 3 the upper and 
lower parts were both femicircular, but narrower towards 
the point of the Overture : They were membranaceous 
and took their Rife from the iotide of the Shell. The 
upper Lip, if I may fo call it, was altogether membranous, 
the lower feemed of an offeous confidence towards the 
Shell, and appear’d like the Dentes molares : A little below 
the Mouth appear’d the Cirrhi, which were continued 
with the reft of the Body of the Animal. I doubt 
not but when the Animal is alive, the under part 
below the Cirrhi doth referable the under ' part of the 
Mollufci of the Polypode kind: This did referable 
the Parenchyma of a Buccinum, but was much firmer, and 
when it was preffed it yielded a fat Juice 5 k was white 
without, but blackifh where it adhered to the Shell 3 it 
was all drawn up within the under part of the Shell, 
which it filled : It was foisewhat exficcated, and fo I 
could not perceive any diftin&ion of parts in it, tho fome 
are of opinion there may be Vifcera and Veffels traced in it 
when the Animal is newly taken. This is what I could 
obferve of the Parenchym&us fubftance in the lower parr. 
You fee in the Figure two Sinewy Bodies, which arife 
from the fides of the upper part of the Shell, the one 
exa&ly oppofite to the other .3 they end as it were in two 
Claws 3 by thefe it is like the Animal attacheth it felf to 
any thing..} and by thefe it hung to the Whale 3 it can de- 
late and contract them as it pleafetbi So it giveth us a new 
fort of Creature of the Polypus kind, which feemeth to be 
peculiar to fome fort of Whales in our Seas, this being the 
fecond 
