the ALCYONIUM. 
Pea, and conttins feveral embryo Shells ; which, as they ap- 
proach towards Maturity, diftend their Covering, and force 
open’ & Valve-like Door, fituated in the front Edge of 
this little Bladder, ‘by which Ss creep out, and: {hift for 
themfelves. | . 
re b, Plate XXXII. is ae natural Size of one of thefe 
Ba S. 
Fig S17, is a pane Manis or Bladen laid open to 
fhew the natural Size of the embryo Shells. 
' Fig. B, is the fame, a ‘little magnified, with the Valve in. 
the Front. 
_ The wonderful Care that Nature eee in the Ereduavere 
“of fome of the fame Tribe of Shell-fith, is fhewn in a ftill 
more furprizing Manner in that Species of Buccinum called 
by Doctor Liffer 3 
———- Buccinum ampullatum, clavicula fulcata, una parte ee 
erbis in planum compreffa. Lifter, Plate 878; and 879. 
Called by fome, the Tower of Badel Fio-thell, 
This breeds in great Plenty cn fome of the Coatts of 
North America, efpecially on the Shore from Vew Tg to: 
Virginia. 
‘Phe Ovaries, or Matrices, re ons eompreiedt oval Form,, 
. Bea fome of them of the Shape of the sasiise or Pe 
but flatter at the Top. 
- Thefe are united on ‘one Side to a tough pliable Liga~ 
ment, fo near to each other as to feem to lie on one an~ 
ether. On the front Edge, oppofite to where they are fa- 
ao is the arched Door, by which the FOuHETOnES, when 
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they 
