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refemblingfthe Barnacle, and
Bifd and then day ftqwn fom^ Jiea%^utp ;ftiey/ yhe loi-
poffibility pf their bqiqg ffired ;ftter the manner Formerly
recgiy’dtn ■
This ;Shel];fticks. to thq|Oukward Plan^pf{ ShipSnby a
glutinous, jy£a|£er, *it refembles. the Head, of a* Gwfe&jto
which thereft a ||||g annex’d, ;yet thi^Jjjgck is not conferred
to the Body, bpy terminates ,mimqdftt.ely within
th e ^ e ll, whenceftLftympoffibftv that t^iis Ihpjftd-be the
Barnacle in .fmfrjo.^ j Within-rthe Shqll^atie Claws, „with
Bafts like t^iofe of JLobJlers, wound within jpp&anpt.her.th
i^iral L^nes,L and are not very unlikethetWftigsf;Q.fj'ii$ Qmjkh,
but thefe I found tq ,he perfect Shelly iftcftjtat, Quills or
Fe,athers% .whence^ft plain, that they ^opldnptr&ppsertain
to thejJ\etrnacle, that being of the Fearhetftfl£ind.U Theft
Shell-IHh^ are obfeiyable, upon feveral Sparweedsfin the
Gulph off^rida^
Shipping? I never yet could meet w if h any SeamahsWho
could affirm that he hadTeeft’tny Kill from Ship?, mid flftim,
whichliluft hmve1ff^6lfanry?happeh"dr Fad’they BeCn converted
into Barnaclesf^heh^c^ in the Anatoliftr o f Barnacles,
1 found them (as,other GegfeJ- Male antif Fbfliale,
the one having a Bents, the otheir Ovaria, whericeTt is e-
vident that their way'of breeding is no wile different from
that of otherBirds?. what therefore .has been averted by
SfhedlM others concerning this Bird>
ror, and they only wanted a tftorow ftngufty, to giy:e them
fatisfaSlion in this Mattqjr. ., -
The Sea-Crow is a Bird common in tlftfe Parts upon the
Sea:Cbaifs, the fliape o f it is like that o f othpr Croats, and
it only differs from them ip Colour, the Head and Wings
being black, and the Body blue; its 'Food for the molt
part are" ffifufcles, and I have often with admiration pb-
ferv’d thefe Birds to peck up Pebble-ftpnes, and then to
fd^f with them in the Air to a confiderable height, then to
let'fall the Stones amongft the Beds of Shell-fiffies, which
moll
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mpft commonly ft-qaL-ftmejpft them^ thjsynafterwards ar
h # t y and feed upqnfheir Prpy, Theft,'ftp wl îare.faid to
hfeed in the :IJle-of\ Man, but -are not ufed as Food. *
m£P% rVtt$ n ,ft aj. Bit# abput tftevbignefs pf z rBuck, and
fonietimes is ften in thefe Barts, they jare generally extrar
ordinary fat,, and w h e ft (P ic k le d ta’cHlhingtEopd this !
Bird.br(eeds likewife in th c ^ e ’ofManlf} a Place coMmpn-
lyyaH’d the Ç a f of sMa^ ip little Cells, within^ he RoqK^g
and if is obftiyable when they have you’ngipqes, - that they
take their flights to thfiSgstch'Sho'res5 „andffflere fllh.for
fmalVftry,; ,whep thçir ^fomachsarefull, they return and
ejçéitheir Prey for. the nourifliMent pftheir|young vvft
endearing and ipdifftluble an Afftbfi'on is- imprinted on* all!
Cre%tftres: for thp- \pr;eftrya tion, pf -their Speçjegftj |
■'Vfcec. Afper is aipecies of the >Se.arEagle, and i'sfometimes
pbftrv’d in theft Parts; -itSfFood is, upon Fiflii rx»nè I difi
ftdted, and ip Jts StomacF I,found aigfeat number o f fmall
Fiftes, jfpïne entire, fomehaF digelled, and others turn’d
fti?bPF?ftdf Mucilage ; in the Coatbs of the-Stomach I dif
Çevefal tubular Qlands, whieh byrdmptMrron would-
emft an inlipidjhind o f JUympha, which with any kind of
Aftaly or: Apid, ^tquldnot caufb any fermentation, aridyÀ
Fiffies that lay; in that part o f the Stomach were either
thgrowly digefted, or had half ways.Ëtrriy’d tô it. From
which Phænonienon it ft evident, yhaf this Liquor istthe
%ment of the Stomach in;thefe kind,of Birdland that
Pigeftion is ;not always perform’d ,by;AcidsT#&ftme a f
^1îin>);.#or by Alcalies-n^as others D^but indeedhy a»uaiacs
couqtable mixture of both thefe united with lèverai, other
Bodies;, o f which*1 St en« .fpea knpgi of - die SalrM, Ms this
Eîp^ Sq n , < nihil cm f û t
# cietur. I f the^-efore we canhufftontent> out
I f buying the fatisftéi^on to, know'how to correct
too prevailing an i
|^pf|)ihç Sfat|e, if ft Sü> ipuch as rel^tes'^lp
Mankind ; I thipk J, ,f thlt aft wejeah
• S r a ' ' ' ' attain '