THE 
GREAT NAUTILUS. 
Generic Character. 
Animal not perfectly known. 
Shell univalve, divided internally into a great 
many concentric cells, communicating by 
short tubes. 
Specific Character, &c. 
Whitish NAUTILUS with yellow-brown trans¬ 
verse bands, smooth spires, and cordated 
aperture. 
The great pearly NAUTILUS. 
The Chambered NAUTILUS. 
The curious structure of this shell, (and which 
also runs, with some variation, thro’ the rvhole ge¬ 
nus,) cannot be contemplated without admiration; 
each cell or camera communicating with the next 
by a small and short open tube, the first or principal 
cell being far larger than the rest, and appearing 
destined to contain the chief part or body of the in¬ 
habiting animal, the nature of which is not yet pro¬ 
perly understood. The Nautilus Pompilius is a 
native 
