| she Aucyvonium. 
The natural Size is reprefented at Fig. 3. | 
- When I applied my Glafs to it, I found the whole Sur 
- face covered with {mall Stars of fix Rays, like {mall Polypes 
, of ix Claws. ater ae 
. ‘Fig. C, gives you the Appearance it madé when magni- 
83 
Upon opening it, I found the Infide confifted of a great 
_. , Number of little Bags of a yellowifh Colour, full of a clear 
_-yifeid Liquor; in’ the midft of this was a fmall Duct leading - 
tothe Centre of the Star at the Top of each. This Se&ion Hi 
‘teprefented magnified at Fig. B. be mies 2a eo 
____ In examining one of thefe Bags attentively, I difcovered f{e- 
yetal regular Figures, like Shells, in this inner Tube or Dug, 
placed upon one another. But whether they are the Food. 
of the Animal in the Gut or Stomach, or whether it is the 
Qyary, Iam not certain. | 
| _ Fig, D, is the true Appearance magnified. 
N. 2. Aleyonium ramofc-digitatum molle, afterifcis undi-prcxxxtt. 
quaque ornatumn. R. S. pag. 31. NS 2.42 Fig. a. 4. 
Dead Man’s Hand, or Dead Man’s Toes. : 
_ ‘This extraordinary Sea-produdtion is indebted for its Eg- 
lip Name to the Fifhermen, who often take it up in their 
~ Nets, when they are trawling for flat Fifth. It is met with 
very frequently on the Kenzi/h Coatt. 
‘The fmall Specimen reprefented at Fig. a, is exactly drawn - 
fiom Nature. This was taken near the Buoy of the LVore, 
flicking} as it is reprefented, to a {mall Oyfter-fhell ; and 
 fent to. me in'Sea~Water quite recent, which gave me the 
_ better Opportunity of examining it carefully. | 
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