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toitfefcribe moft minnidy. ' f f f e i f t l f c mofles are fouhd affixed
fournies tafÿcoeïsknè büt inrthèirmoft ufeal fixation
to f®eks,{ »as a naoife-firân fetfcfetpfent ; her& wleR’flhd them fcmetimeè
mvfoattered taïfjÿs, m o#ier times -doathingthe rock fön .every -fide,
Änd forming.a piece of fringe-work equal in variety and ftrength ••&£
colours; to uhe-maoft häutifokcmpet. Ähe^efr'dfefigiudf native ■
in^erfpreadingptheiroeks andlpools With fuph- a number of Cor#
lüës^need Werve wasolfo; ^i'äswblira fhelteri to«he l e f i
fry, -as nouriffifoent -toÄhe?. larger, fiffi (asfwè*ffialkfindrimtreätirfg
& f e -jgyâgffiput wbilft.fnatoye-ns principally nfirent” upon-iaikd
purfuing the tifeftil, ritineveriforgets,- fhape, - ra im en t, *ahdUöl&ür~
ing: ils wbrksyâçe never Ikidy tfefohpyhey arerat-. .tbe fame time
ornamentalp neatly ■ firflfbe^ béyon'd * Conception or the '»natural reach
ofktheieydp engaging,:warious,v ëx^ôt,’* coloured, : abundant.
j fdid^fivhite^Gorali; three c«j$£
different ,§>rts^f Firft, when it fees upon ftohbs, and MvÄfes tfreirf311(1 tH&i
with incruftatioii^Sas ïFig. iï.h Elate xxiv p?ûfhisjl Coral oftentimes
refembles the foliacdouS « turns oft the'- liver-wort, as, Plate ibid.' Fig,
lis.:, and iis therefore called'Lichenoides. In the fécondftate, it
eonfifts offimalk knotty branches^t'eofiëieôsd! or growin'g out of'one
anrither ., likc a ffirub, and may < therefdre be - termed the fprig or
bradehy coral; hsrBigj ®ÿ. b. Sometimes again'-it is foofld 'in
globular-lumps, inithq middle mOre folid and compaÉfe'than eithef
df tfie ferner, the- ffiort fprigs which coat the ouffide diverging
ffen the -Centre, and ending at the circumference in folid, -fungoid*
protuberances, as plate ibid. Fig*vv< Befidês thefe ordinary appear*
ipees of white coral, we ferdêtimes find l ifr?m much1 moré uncommon
Étapes,-as the*'!Efchara-’rétifbrmii‘ 'f by Mr. Ellis*-* called tliC
Rfcara foliacea ■ millepora lapidea, & c. It was found on tte
betwixt? Penzance and Newlyn^ in thejrear iy -55 ; the Ipgi
chnetf hem exhibited^ Plate ibid. F igw i. is but fix inches wide;
I have been affured by a very intelligent fifhefman, that Ihe; has
drawn up one with his hook as big as an ordinary-horfe’s head : they
are foft and tender when firft taken out of the ft^tf but faon harden
and grow brittle in the air.
• Corals have been alfo found cm the fame.ftrand of the aftroite kind*,
pierced with holes of the afterilk fhape from Ifottofia feto|f y the
mfeéfeivhich either fcooped out this coral to ptokidè itfolf an hki
bitation,.! or formed it as its ffieli, feeïîls tö have begttrf ksworkings
at the bafe, from whence the principal or mother-wórm rbfê amoft
perpendicular; thefe artificersinade feveral offsets as they rofe,which
all diverge from the middle cavity, bending towards the fides of thé
1 Ray, Syn. page 31, edit. 3. * * Page 71. Hiir. öf'Cöratitó.
coral