jgBjj
:biga$^£M^yS£httt?! ibftimepifc:migKt have equalled i$lljiree
-thktcan^^fisft bsfia hening-fefe,icfengbigi o^iltbe-, fide gfetfeis
ibranph. .1
Concerning the quicknefsftqri fibwnefs rof'the,growth >ofthefe
ifevBmIa«g8iables,{'jhotMng;caac^6^idYakeed t^ery; ppfiti’^siy^lbut
ofra .oMaim'ifoiiti.ul^'m fihei:Weft-Indes-for burning lime,:'father
Voyage aux JiaMt:relktes/#hatriie rihfeirKecbifclfe ba^chesfe ta^rbwifdw. or £ «
mSqae! A1 -fbofoiii two'years, i thd’q newer :hbdvet thd furfayeofthe ..water/ 'yet
5°“' n‘ p' growingthere upbnl much higgr. grounds thaii bath- -fallen- within
our- obferttatipn!; her&^ Thie <btancbbslon reaching,thq ibrfecetof
fih^twaX§t1,^%ibadihgfthimfelf^,^3gtrsv^e:t®i:avoihtrthl)riair,«f&i:
which their porous bbdies far,e flotlkdaip'fiedq :!fttifebe;kffiedpwh^t
ther thefc lea-trees bdar:any‘tiling^ - .which imay properly’He called
a : fruit of feed, thoughmo thing tMfee:itI hasiboewied:' to) mi op any
<of my cprt^qnden®,t3j^ faiQ^{otirlddasOQafkl:>iobe fneehslifeiaia.
times with fixbftances fi^lfich'latkto fthte'affiito^ftYfe-nAmongvthefe
I particularlyreckptt one, to which I fliall tfike-'tbdjlafcirtyrbfigivi
Seabean. mg the sspj^fiatioa of JEaba^xttarii^iaufea^hS&niiiiit-is qfeitlfe fee
ofa^efteiJt,x®l^uiarp^yeffiatp.wiksiMi/w(^ico^^qsfedbn:batii
fides. Its cuk>ur-ds-<a ^arfcbroiwd ybt'mffthii midd&yafedKqufill
tiUBStofthe fiiefls, it is variegated'with a chsxl&bf a fhifiidg-BMck,
and clofe by 4;hdt aiioriier df a' Hvelyredp^Mcfifbk’^h. t*^|»rdttf
efibdE. fFhe infide jbf tbe lhell’is;eflfeyy;ftla^kyfbuMb@kfiiltlds
bfia pafe yefiriW7 ‘afid'TO;taftej when dried/lnot 'Unlike''afiFreifcfcl
0 sm$ lb that tpuM'fhey hfe had inIgfeat quantities,, a vCry goBd
ufe !might »M )| P l W p K h i r / i f^ d f c ^
tieB^iri Syndfiotdl, Who lately fent ftfe'a feinple of them,' fey®* tlgfe
- they wdre found among the Tang, dnd qther fea-wectfsf which had
been*thrown up,'tod driven alhore fryVhe wind and weaves, from
wKe&e they mi|fefe;be concluded ffr bdongtb #hefed,'cu^e& Sey
’are |p|jff|| for an IfidianyegetaMe /of the tribe ealied-Pediculiis
ElqpbanMds,'whichy by the’lbfs bf lomd lbu|>, %as/ in the ddferfe
; of firdei brou^tWtliis cdafti Buf‘Having^dbivbd fome^ fiiefe
beads from another- virtUofb/Who liWes foinemile^ from hence the
iarri^S^^^^^^^Sp^gaft, ^sdi^bi^m^al^^ai^agiees with^any
luch opinion! AsWu-bringing this, Vegetablefrbmthe oppofite
coafts of America, whence"wopd ana the like are knb'wn to. be
i driven
driven towards- Iceland, this-'" is To; long'a Voyage, that-the b'eans
would rinfaMibly ^putriiy^ or'at leaflrbe damag&d before their arrival/
which- hoXyever ’is notthe-cafe,'} the;-talle being, as is,already
obferved, exadtiy that of the French-bean, without the Ipaft
mixture of the- faline property.!- - Anffaccount of this exceeds my
comprehenfion, but it is.Mwdtlr thefea-tfeesithemfelves-j or with
their fhpcrts and buds* which maybe looked‘upon- as ithem leaves.
They are quite mfipid,<tho’, till dried* 'W,without'finelli Concerning
jthefe lea-beans, I-fhall further add, that thejfamqus; Hap-In Mundo
pejius mentions fome, marine berries;,.. without - - tafte, ,growing tibakcai 6.
o n /thole weeds,. j vf Hicb' (the - sSpaniards, icall iSaigalfo, . and ,the
Dutch, lea-parlley,, with which the^fea near Cape Vferde is overgrown
fdrflfeveral miles.
3ifFVomt the defcriptioii o rth e above marine vegetables,, or trees, Norther? at-
bfpecially the.pieces’ifdtjr, .five'/, and. fix/s^ey-MyiVe' premature^5'
eprafs, the confluence of their inward and outward partsTeing
fuch, thatltheprindpal oroplydrfferencedies in.the wantiof hard-
nfefs..: ..If I .‘cduldqbe, convinced that thje’cbrals are riot! originally
hard, but gradually become fo, by a kind o f petrefadion, I allb
Ihould lublcribe to that conje&ure, - but what fufpends my-aiTent
is % which froni their
fmallnefs m aybe judged to be yqpng, yet in their frfti vegetation
feem- of< a ' compleat,hardnefsi•{'iTKis isbonfirmed by>PeIfchoor,,Tbodn iy.lj
who % s ,';“ That the' divers* Who bave-beek among the-coraL-f-vn"/
bulhes under Avater, found: none foft,; but o f the like hardnels as
afterwards.’’ .Thus, it is not the air1 which indurates them- ds
O.^Wormius, imagines: Soliditatem demum debitam, ab aere. am-inMnw.E.
biente acquirit. '.This.from the two Mowingverfes, appears-to231'
have been alfo the opinion in the times of Ovid. -
Sic et' coralhumj quo primurn contingit auras, |
Tempore durefcitlyinollis fuit herba fub
^Metairi.' Lib.' yy.
I k Thomas Brown in his. Pfeudodoxia, orEnquiries,;into.: Vulo-ar Eiirors
Mb- 11- cap v. p. 72, where he juftly rejedts the opinion of corals hardening after
being -brought into die air, yet believes that the faline petri&c fpirit- in the water
"oes no£ at tlle fame time operate uiiiverfally on all the parts of a plant. All coral
B p yard, -and in many concreted plants,' fome parts remain uhpe'trified'as
Among ;