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The anemonies of the fecond fpecies are not only lefs 
obvious to our obfervation, but it is with difficulty they 
are preferved in any degree of perfedtion. They cannot 
be taken out of the fand without depriving them of their 
natural pofition. Common mixed fand kills them in a 
few days; and that which is purified affords them no 
longer the ffime, the fmall infe<fi;s, or other neceflary 
fuftenance, which we cannot poffibly divine. In pluck- 
ing them from their native foil their bafes generally fuf- 
fer, and the wounds in that part are frequently mortal. 
One of the fafeft expedients is to gather with them the 
pebbles to which they adhere ; or what is ftill preferable, 
to obferve them in their natural element the fea. It is 
there that, without the leaf! hoflile appearance, they 
are feen to make an incredible havoc. I have feen an 
anemony of a moderate fize fwallow a fmelt at leafl fix 
inches long. The limbs of this fpecies, which are much 
thicker than thofe of any other, being clipped, new ones 
llroot out as in former cafes. The progrefs of this repro- 
dudtion, 
La feconde efpece eft non feulement plus difficile a obferver que la premiere, 
mais il n’eft pas facile de la conferver en bonetat. Hors du fable elle n’eft plus 
dans fa pofition naturelle. Celui qui n’eft pas purifie la fait perir en peu dc 
jours; celui qui eft net ne lul fournit plus le limon, ou les petits infe£les, ou quel- 
qu’autre comniodlte, que nous ne devinons pas. On arracbe la bafe prefque tou- 
joursjplus ou moins, en la detachant, et ces plaies font fouvent mortelles. Le moyen 
leplus certain c’ eft d’apporter avec elle, les cailloux fur Icfquels elle eft attachee, 
ou, ce qui eft blen mieux, de I’obferver a la mer. C’eft la que fous I’exterieur le plus 
paifible, on lui verrafaire un degat etonnant. J’ai vu telle anemone de moyenne 
grofleur avaler un eperlan de fix pouces de long. Les membres de cette efpece 
bcaucoup plus groffTe que les autres repoufiTent aulfi apres avoir ete coupes. Les pro- 
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