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and there was a time, during which the yellow 
Anemone was near being worfted ; till at laft, the 
grey one lofing hold of her end of the flice, the 
other carried off the prize. Yet, as (he fucked in 
but (lowly, the grey one ventured with her mouth 
upon a laft tug at her end, ftill in fight, which (he 
had (lipped ; but this frefh effort proved fruitlefs : 
the yellow champion gave a laft pull, and fwal- 
lowed down the whole. During this whole ftrife, 
the two parties did not feem to be animated by 
any other paffion than that of fnatching the (lice 
of fifti from one another ; and though the two 
animals continued afterwards to remain neigh- 
bours, they lived very quiet and peaceable toge- 
ther. 
Thefe animals are fometimes very vora- 
cious. Could it be believed that the fame crea- 
ture, that can continue in pretty good plight for 
a whole twelvemonth, and perhaps longer, with- 
out taking in any other food, belides what 
may 
■vis un moment ou les affaires de la jaune piroiffoient aller affez 
mal, lorfqu’enfin la victoire fe dcclara pour elle : la grife 
lacha le bout. Comme la jaune n’avaloit pas tres vite, la grife 
eut le temps de revemr a la charge; elle faint de nouveau pat- 
la bouche le bout, quT’elle venoit d’abandonner, mais ce fut 
inutilemenl ; la jaune fit un nouvel effort, et !e morceau fut 
avale. II ce parut dans ce combat fingulier d’autres efforts 
.que ceux qui tendaient a s’entre arracher la proye, et depuis 
les deux anemones toujours voifines ont ve:u aufli paifible- 
ment qu’auparavant. 
Cependant les anemones font quelquefois tres avides. 
Croiroit-on que cet animal, qui peut vivre en affez boa 
etat pendant une annee, et peut-etre plus, fans prendre 
(d’ay-tr.e nourriture que celle qu’il trouve dilleminee dans 
I’eau 
