
1 2 4 - r/jg .NATURAL H I S T p R Y <f~A
I i | the mid®. %hefa Foreheads,: am* lexftfaoafdinary
Wid!4tMduth>.‘ and diffident ^ewsofoTbath,, like thof© of 'a
}0mrfa < And withm the g Stpmaichpquaf Ro^n o^r{J?eetir.^anh/
dbabLhiEfcithere;muffc!be a
hfafticifipn there^VvaVah the iMhtitb;;. Theiy have' no Gills
^uafaih^ ^ l ©fi th(hsiRiiW3dih®r£r&fsi ha^; ftcaii theii! §|»ne
thnre atej»o|?hn^Bato^.jthafel^i^dK f^fchtaalnijQther Fifties
life© IT e&tHjfrto fterSfidftvofa, GbmK^nmfijaad; o f thofeitfiey
hffl^.^<t!(pQ^ffifl«^*ffl<Mlypf^odniifc©;'4a3Mown Bladder •
from > the Head-along |h e Bhdy'^h^r^re rBanessfeftending
in Lines§];fihe the. Meridians:of% iglqtieiqq fiChfe ^illhe
Bodyois i>fike. tfaaudbf iai Y ^ J ^ p jth e y i. hkwfewao Stoffikeft
Bo#eli^a®d Liver,L!but. j| ^jgeatlcbdifem-qx i i^ .Tfr»|fey their
Membra GmithMa&Qinfo® benfbet thie manner of&e£-g%0 t!
~:fl$The Onemibaek afid JM»Uetsi<Jkre }msy .common,'! fjjfeyrfaf
fdrdaffiaxe^iicMouxifiimem-iiadh deK^ate Taft^ w^hayb
iabewift" grdat: ghimqtaiefi oaf ■ J5b/j?ip a rl^dci^r
•thfefe:! atBirin i m y /IttoughtSotlter hefbtjdfi ,Fifties ^ t h e
phrfrut IsHksvfifeiVery coimiron and very :f*pa;la«jdi>te paphe
§emd-EMv.utt verify: frequently! falken, arid dUg iehfh^^ht
Bands by vhb iFi&enMeni Jihe ^ a rm ^ g a n ^ itjli hhf iah uftpk.
afing pnofpp<fttp obferve the infinity number-nf
tops- 'lfcMolerhiHsy farm’d by t t e %d^hs^hemsfei'«s
aqxan the Sands; fhefe are -only, the Faseeg o f the* Worms
'eolle&edby their twiftitog raimdcoftoandtrhfer iiadh*eia«a: a
figure, 'that the Fifhermen by their magnitude cab judge,
what Worm is fttteftfor their purpofe, and accordihglydig
up facfa or fach a Bed. The Oyjkr zudlLobfien die- very
com mon, and likewBethe Shrim ped Prmtrn; the 2?ratan
is a Fifli not much unlike the Shrimp, but much larger,
and far better Meat, and in my thoughts the moft {»leafing
•of. any Shell-Fifh whatever 1 4 t generates in Eggs, and Of
thefe it depofites an infinite number,1 which b y a clammy
Matter it fifiens to the Roeksj and' piles them one upon
•another, till they ioolk like a Pyramid inverted^ and hang
fikef Icicles on the Werge of, a Penthoufe. W© have
H I mM s ' r-the
^ A K ^ A S H m ^ c p i s m m e , &c. i l l
t hef heft and, krgeft CpfkjfA ip ,EngIa?z<^4}Gfe, apd.Mujçjeyin
thatnui^be|->:,ybaynpoatl),^Spa-Co||ls:,tbeyiip'inuj:e tlieir
Ground with theny1 The are yqry coim
îpo^: Which ka^sime.totgjve'an account ç f ,the Germina-
tipnj ufe -.Sçaris'^.y,
The Fqtmationspf;, thqShqlls^f MpfiEs I have pfiferv’d
fi-pm the bignp^ o f aPiqshpad, to r Inches in length, and
find in their jirlt ^pr^nation, that^hÇjShell^are pelluqid
but ajtpfwqjd4 ,A£ the Lamella arc capful rjtly fpppye<dj they
becorqe opaque; thçirfqf^anqe atjjrft feems to;mq to be,a
j^nten throw,njffÈjkoip the, Fi%tand indurated ,hy the
Aij: 1 a1sthe Fiflr.groyrsdp hîg/îe, ^ i t ftill ,eiV)ts,a greatp^
quantity o f this^Vnd fo thpiShelLçgptijmually pnereaibs till
it arriye^ to i^sful^hardnpls and'’matmity. .Inyheiq Sh§l]s
(and likew?ife in (ÿJfer-flieHsj Î have'1 fi’thqently found
$%mls, Tome juft apJqq|tinâ•thro’;the;ipnerlnoÆ AÆ^?^3,
others half' thro’., fome hanging likq Ffiiut upo-q a Pedeftall,
othqrsîdrop.t froin thq Motheq -pf; 'Pearl, ,and ftipfing pn
the opt-fide of the Fifli ; .y^ipncedi js plain thar®4r/r'are
nqt form’d^by-J)e-w^^(^s,fome haye R e i v ’d,} nor withm
thq Filhf-s(^S', others,). but in the Sfiejll it fd f lrjpl find tjle
Pearls, as,well as the Shells to ponfift o f various.. Lamina
wrapt pne within anotherj aud betyfixt th© P$afer Perla-
rum ,and^ïh&fëgarl I could heVër ohkrve anry5fxtrabrdinary
diffep$çej Ptdy l think the Pearl mak^ k g ^ t e r feinnçn-
■jàtfon with an Acid ; whence it is mpft pr^hald^i that the
,njo|t .Volatile part of thefMa/er P.erlarum pip iyaid.es : it
f ^ ^rpm th y reft of the Lamina, anddbconftantly prpftes
forwards till it.fprces its paftage into, the Sheftit felfi anti
ip! forms the Pearl. They are generally of.y gpînencalü-
gure, made, fp- (I conjefture) by. .the figure’-of ‘the,Shell ;
thefe Pearls are o f grekt ufe in Phyfic^^and did the People
indu%.ipuüy apply themfelyes to theg^tih|;;Qfthsm, jon_
fidetable quantities might he acquired, at a leffe;prke than
Crtm.EyeSy which they infinitely furpafs, Cho’Ahey wiwè
gemtine, , bnt for the anoft part: they: are adulterateth tand
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