.dies thttawfmp^go.aficd ^ w i t h # ^ ; Bitumen^
^nd’tfie Byrim krUttt> likemifslt thdt Ph$mQmeqa> q£ the Uke
| p jgM^ particularly I t the ^m m hTfp. kt Hai&kMxfanr
cafbire,, in ^yc|rai:Sfeil#SsQf ’ which Ihitye feen long-parallel
Cylinders join'd together, and running in diteef Lines,- imprinted
in folid Stone, twice-the length of a Man's Finger,
and the breadth or more .of hjs Hand; an evident Demon5-
ftratioj* that tfrirfirt« Subftance inuft^riginajly bea| Fluids
which allowed, it will be n o ' difficulty to account; for the
various representations of"; Shells.1 and Vegetables fi Thefe
werefirfi eommunieated to. me by that honoured and learned;
Lady, the Lady Guife*, Mother to the prefen t Lady
Brad/hn'WoiHaigh-
- But farther to
Fluids, a more, convincing; Inftance cannot he fproduc’d
than in the Stone call’d Buphthqlmos, or Ox-Eye,.: fa Riled.
from the analogy it bears to that Organ i In thisdhefe- is
a Pebfileof a fablejGolour^ included inanMahahfi^iliri, and
the Spar fo ftri&ly adheres to- the furface of the Pebble,
without the leaft unevennefs, and compofes fo exadfely a Convex
figure like that of an Eye, that it) igrirnjHafiJbtertheyr
fiiould come into that fhape3 hut as the Ghymifts ,«Sr«i it,
In flatufluoris: Thefe are found on the Sea-Goalts: in Lan-
tajhire, and Wirehal in Chejbire.
C H A P . V I I .
V O f BJhes.
TH E Curious here have a large Field o f Philofophy
to range in, fince both the Seas and Rivers in thefe
Counties prëfent us almoft with an infinite variety of thefe
Creature#*] I fhall not expatiate upon each particular Species
of Fifhes, but only take notice of the moll remarkable,
which have occur’d to my Obfervation, in the Seas,
Rivers, Ponds and Meers.
The
The Seas frequently afford us Seales, or C # M m
thole of diffèrent Magnitudes ; they are often thrown Up
in .. Sa it Rivers form d by the Tides, dome T hàve^Éten
eight, ; fo.me fWdfîrëF’odfil^hg,1 bûï4hefe àréh!rï^f'C(5mnion
iii thé: Bultà0 $&àany wlieÿé' the Ruffes them imgfeit
quantities ; the Method is" very remarkable] They generally
go out in great Numbers to hunt them, ; fouie times
they find three or four Thoufand together, basking Thim*
fehvesiupo'n the Iè<è ; thefe then thd^luiTouh^/whiCli when
the Sear-Calfs difeern, they5pile: thefiifelvèl'Upon an heap
(as it is probable') by that means tobrêak the rcépând quit
themfelvês from the Eherny,1 which fheyTofhetîmeé'do,
and'frequently fo bend thé M j that they^iF^blifdpo
wadeit® a confiderablé depth to attack theifr?'J4b Veinark-
a-btef is the Principle Of Selfprefetvation rii'alfGrektufei
whatever. Theà? Food is upon1 Fifh, but I fôhnd b ^ n è
Which 1 had alive,rthat-hb côuld'fidfc'éat undeTWater; aM
when he div’dfo>r'his PreyTk%loTd his-Mouth' andEyes jf Md
purf^Aip his Noftrilsfh'clofe, that fhedèaft dropmfIVatelt
coüld npt enter : I did not find fhkt he could continue long
under Water, but frequently mounted up into' the Air, and
thèn3immedia;tèlyjdiveda^:in. Theyare èxtréâmîÿ fmddoel
and will bite feverely, having Mouths like thole of Tygers,
and-indeed whën provoked/ ihake
kind of _ {pitting, barring'Nôife: ‘
1 thought it not amifs to add the Account Which Dam-
pier -gives<of. the ' Sea-Tfog^â.iLd by the Îkttch-Hoùnd,
which is agreeable to the fhap'e and fi'/.c of thbfe which I
law : B They
V©£ them like k-7)dg, and therefore by the Dutchmen call’d
f Seà-Hounds,- hut it had‘ been niot^^ proper i f they had
*■ faid Englifb Buü-<Dt>g$&{; Ufider éa’cfe Sfioüldèf g?ôws dlfing
c thick.Finj thefe férve tlieih to fWimri^rfli 'Wheh fhey'iare
Vat Seap landafO itfftead o f Ldgs to them when on Land,
Vfbr Wailing their 'Bodies up on end by the helped tfièra
c Fins or StrutlàpSjànd fohavingvtheir Tail-parts drawn ciofb'
L i z under