to the part cut off? feen in figure 7, which con lifts 
of about half the body, and' wherein the limbs 
and mouth are placed, I offered it, after the ope- 
ration was performed, that brown pait of a mufcle, 
by the help of which it moves along, and whence 
the beard Ipreads out. This bit, which is not eafily 
digefted by Sea-Anemonies, was diredtly fnappcd 
up by the limbs. They drew it to the mouthy 
which lengthened itfelf out to catch it, and fwal- 
lowed it down. But, as the body was wanting to 
receive it, the bit came out at the oppofite end,, 
juft as a man’s head, being cut off, would let out, 
at the neck, the bit taken in at the mouth. I 
offered it a fecond time, and the animal fwallowed 
it again ; but threw it up at the mouth the next 
day. I ftill keep that part of the Anemone, which 
daily grows ftronger and ftronger, and which ap- 
pears to me to fuck in the bits of mufcles I offer it. 
The limbs lay hold of them, and the mouth takes 
them in, either whole or in part, and throws them 
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par la fig. 7. qui comprend environ la moitie du corp', oii fe 
rrouvent les membres et la bouche, je lui prefentai peu apres. 
^operation un morceau de moule ovi etoit ce membre brun qui. 
lui fert a fe trainer, et cu eft attache fa filiere, morceau que les 
anemones de mer ont peine a digerer; les membres le faifi- 
rent, l’approcherent de la bouche, la bouche mem; s’al'longea 
pour le recevoir, et il fut avale : mais comme il n’y avoit point 
de corps entier pour le recevoir, il fortit par Fautre extremite, 
comme une tete tranchee qui avaleroit pour rendre par le col. 
Je la lui prefentai de nouveau, el I e l’avala une feconde fois et 
la rendit par la bouche le lendemain. Je garde encore cette 
partie qui fe fortifie chaque jour et me paroit fucer les mor- 
ceauxde moule que je lui prefente ; les membre£ les embwftent, la 
bouche les revolt en tout ou cn partie, et me les. rend forY alteres. 
