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better enabled to hold their Prey. A Pair 
of hooked Claws were likewife placed near . 
the Infertion of the Forceps, and became 
aflifting to them. A Snout projecting be¬ 
tween the Forceps, having two very fhort 
Feelers, and between them a iharp flender 
Probofcis, could be thruft out or drawn back 
at Pleafure. Under the Bread: and Belly 
were fix Legs, ferving either to fwim or 
crawl. It had two pretty large black Eyes : 
from the Bread: to the Extremity of the Tail 
the Sides were thinly befet with Bridles, and 
a few Bridles were upon the Legs. The 
Bowels were feen moving, as plainly as if 
they had been in a tranfparent Cafe, widen¬ 
ing their Diameters and rifing upwards to¬ 
wards the Bread:, and then prefently con¬ 
tracting in Width and extending downwards: 
thefe Motions were alternate; and fometimes 
the Bowels were dretched almod: to the End 
of the Tail, where the Anus was placed, and 
there difcharged the Faeces. It was exceed¬ 
ingly voracious, killing and devouring mod: 
of the other Creatures that were in the Wa¬ 
ter with it. 
I take this Animal to be a Frefh Water 
Sqmlla y of which there are many Species. 
It was about twelve Times lefs than the 
Drawing, and therefore mud: either be of a 
much fmaller Species than I have ever met 
with, or elfe a very young one, not yet per¬ 
haps come to its perfedt State j the Tail be- 
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