j p . A n k iw X XX AT iPM .tf’ the s*
6. The Barnacle or the Anjer B a fin u sï in the£e| B ib other
Geefe,É therèjare Males arid Females, and,they Breed after the
fame manner^ as may be obferv’d in the Chapter of Birds, pjat
Sneties of.thevShelkF ifh,rthey ha^fóTmqsl^ie^fa^to proceed
from,* is, a Species'pf the Fe^unculjM, fefepbj^dhaticon-
tairi’d in the fecond Plate, Number^5 ^wtfchfifound in Jhe
Copper-Mines in Lankjhire: Thefe SheBs a t | ufually lick’d
tip by the Ships in the Gulf of Florida, and" .doyfeot breed in
thefe Sea^w which Pbeenomelnon1B \\ 1^ 5 .
tljeCe ’:|e®èÈiqns- è 1 * nothing W ; d 5 0 ^ T ^ a r e t i|i s df
liuprs, Sulphurs, Baltsend. Earttó,, W i ^ ^ f t l y . b e ^ d ,
jjagdes Jin gerief u* \
F I
The Author's Vindiómion of kimfelfs from
fome Calumnies lately cafi upon him.
SO ft-rangely Opjhion?tjy| /ire
Hnk’d to thetóhat
an Ocular Demonftratbn^p.thefe .a^opnts;ppt ,tp ^ thorough
Convi&iört ; nay , fo prodigioudy '^e
their Se^ipfnts^ it ifb ^ ^ ^ a tta itr ip g^ f that^gabftthë
mod evident;-Truths- they wrilfa%: |h^t falliotp
Fuch eictpyagant F ^ e ^ ^ th ^ th ^
Offals of ^frgjgaff,. ppjd that fpppo ^thgrg^ff^jbi^b^^e I
do not,as they iupppfe^that at the D^uge th^^lohie was Unwe^-
Fally diffolv’d, or, as fope will have
and infteadrpf Plumbsj was larded with Cpphles, .wh^h.!Be,-hnee
p e t r i f i e d : - T npf dpn;
éern my IfeK with thfjjr MiffipMièsiJriuti when |%yVhemfeiyeé
judge i t c o n v e n i e n t ; I flaali
then be at .their Service. Söpe-’ Qf
traduce me, both at the Engravers, and
fome meafure, been difappointed in their :Expe<Sations: They
Havé indeed, outof their un'expe&ed Candour, been pleas’d to
acknowledge, thS there was fomewhat of Stile in the Work ;
but for that reafon were pleas’d to allege, dtwas pot my own; in
Anfwer to that, I have only this to fay ,"in Vindicationof my
Self, that in Compofing the Work, I had riot the leaft affiftance
from any Ferfon WhatèVery^ntHia v e nut in arty-wife-been'de-
fefltive to make my felffo far Matter of the Language that I
write in, as to adapt my Expreflions to thefubje&s that I treat
Off.
Hów far thefe kind of AdKons are rëconciïeablè, either to
Juftiee, Honour, or Learning, I freely fubmit to the common
Cenfttfes of Mankind ; nay , even to their Own Sentiments.
.And yvopld gladly be inform’d, by what unaccountable Methods