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it feized it: and by giving them in large 
Quantities, I found it would fometimes de- 
ftroy near twenty of them in a Day, fucking 
them till all the Inwards were exhausted. 
Another Time I put a Tench of about three 
Inches long into a Glafs of Water, where one 
of thefe Creatures was, fcarce believing it 
durft make an Attempt on an Animal fo fu- 
perior in Size : but no fooner did the Tench 
come near the Squilla than he truck at it 
with all his Might, and fixed his Forceps in 
its Side ; tho’ the Struggling of the Tench 
*made him quit his Hold. A Drop or two of 
Blood iffued from the Wound, and the Fifh 
died in about a Minute : which makes it 
not improbable, the Bite of this Creature 
may be poifonous to the Inhabitants of the 
Waters. 
The Ban tide itfelf, which is fo great a 
Deftroyer of the fmall Fry of Fifh, and fo 
well armed for Defence, is notwithstanding a 
Prey to this Devourer; as I found by putting 
a very large one into the Jar where I kept 
a Squilla . This Banfticle had lived about 
a Month in a jar amongft fome Tench, moft 
of which had felt the Effects of his Fury, 
though three Times larger than himfelf. 
He was always very lively, and would feldom 
fuffer the Tench to meddle with the Worms 
I gave them, till his own Belly was full. But 
on putting him to the Squilla he was chang¬ 
ed immediately from the moft daring to 
the 
