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Red-Worm*
Bear-fifh.
N A T U>ft A.L 11m 8 T O Rü f of 7N O R W 4 T.
the |‘afbrpfaid (hófned. infect,. idffebaifgéi.-g-
%Rer, difipi^b tfie probofcis that had fuck’dRtf ftdf’cc’i
5 ; Qn- the Coaft; ©F the-Wëfter» ocean;, in the» Ivater between; tshe
man}} iffends-and’cliffs fie®- that. fhore,in' warm Summerdays,
®e {|c^p4i£:Jndref;flpi .fela, t and femarjeaw*.rirgmenfe-p quantities
of a kind of finall, and hardly perceptible Red-Wormy called
Roe-Aat $ they look like, the fineffi fewiog filk ; ‘thëy are hardly
half the length of a pin,'but inTuch nuniberlefs quantities, as has
been; iaid^ that they perfedlLy colour the water j^onë quart |hf
water: mayefontaini manyimlfians» , -'When: theo Worms': appeayin
föeh great quantities tbeypéqrvafb daihagedtw the'hemhg^ÉilJiïögT
for: the roe e£ the fife immediately: rots ojftttheW: fixing -onsiïsj aöd;
particularly: when they are inclofed, or drove up’in a! creek,’ as
femetimes they a®©, by: feveraL hundred or tboufettd tUn^^gëthef,
to he rinfedand felted' occafionally 9 ‘which; fh^Il1 be fpoken of in.
its proper place.
: From.fchefe Roe-Aat it fliomld feemi that a certain fort of 8kails
get that red colonaar, whicfoocCafions the excrements of one of our
coaft birds, called Teifteny which liveSjChiefiy eö-1th©lèo|ffiè^p'fo.
be, afna^vaery'-.higlb.iiedi colour j !this thej? drop'allalangithëfiictfe.
Wo may probably i have Purplfc-Snails of thei lame kind -asr the
Oriental, tho’ not regarded.
We 'have here alfo a. kind ofpmifchievOus.fea-ihfedi, Called
Filke-Bidrn,; that fey.the Bear-fifh, by the commort 'people: it
has a whitilh, hard and- fhining horny Ihell, divided by twelve
rings or circles 5 and bfir thei undermoft or flat fide it-feas twelve
fbet. The latgeffi of' thefe. ras: I have- leen, and of which Ï halve,
is.: about the length of a -Joint of al fifigër, but-the leaft mdt'a
quarter /part rfotibig51 sand they differ ’In éëlote»’ Thefe yerfliin
plague variousfortsof filh, but moftöf anytbecod.
When he hangs to a hook, and cannot clear himfelf; by fvvim-
ming or fplaffijng, then thé Filke-Biorn fattens on him, ’and'lucks
out ffisyaice and: fat, lo that the'cod won’t be fit tó eat. Thèfe
Fiflce-Biome, car the like Infeéfe, hunt many1 filh about lb, ' that
theyfeek- for land by way of Ihelter, about the rocks near there,
according to the Creator’s wife and gracious purpofes: particularly
the fclmon is ferved foj a fifh otherwife with Us difficult to catch.
I f it'was notfor a number of green and blueifh flat lice, feme-
thing like bugs, which get' between his fins, and plague him lo,
I Dé pulice aquatico Hr. Swammerdam has very pretty observations in his HifL'
Infedt. p. 70 : 'as alfo Derham in his Phylico-Theolpg. p. m ..368.
The creature intended- hy this author is the Notone&a, or-Boat-flynot thé Pulex
Aquat. of Swammerdam, and others.
that
: $fj A T d*R AfL H f $ T ® R Y ! & f I p
that h e^ ëk s 'for fSpspbr water-Mls^ to W^fh theni off, Wé
Ihoulff feldom haVe 'opportumtid bf ^getting at him : by that
means he falls i®toj tfie^hands/ ©f. mahtind, ë gfeafe.àdvàhtage. -
■;Thp S®4tBeaygrçla®nQtheiand laitier InfeÀf ipeewMar-to'.t^e^.
It‘ jslforp^ipiés itab'en here, apdsfintithdiMófdfend; W€tiès-tfeateBe i ,
rufi: between. the cliffs and 'iflafid^ near thercoafip of’/ NbiMS'ff
and-.istfeid'to rbe an amphibious?'creature, like
Beaver,, pË whiçh I hâve treastéd beforey iödbeïJelcriptïek
anhuals^ . By : lèe, : plate,-indexed iifcl will, be foyifi j to - ié* this
feme that» is. called! in th^IiN^ditorfaHearpHippo^lid^iifs^ ’ahd
by the Italians Ckvalla Mariiio, the* Seà--hô>'fe § but that1,rfa&'
here, lignifies quite another. cVeat^a^--Hav-Bæ\^rént.TS»arirhé^
angular fiflï,; ..■ fiéfeeiffiMÉy•••'tts^-head^&ntiàéteo .
very muefe refenblea a: horfe,iyet- fo 1 that tèe röo'utbfi ë k in d#
tfünk *■ ; the hbfly uaoife wdnderfely being’ uMdlatéd ^-B^ëry-brtè
of the rmgs.fornoed by thefe.undufetiôns, has oh the fi^Cornefè
feme finall pMjeâiaiig fpines, and with tihefe, as weK ètó’thè ^llow
fin^s., this (feature:» moveahipifelf like finall Wprms<,:'for of J
feet. The taH,>wbich begins frorW their broad belly ,: ds, in 'móft
that.I have feen of feeing
^reâàôttrbmtheinhacki: whén;thàe’& ffrëtéhed’opt' îrëfië’üè11^
creature’silength may bé arqjiartOF of an oil ) and about tffehnMdîé
i t *fe..as ; thihkjaslra good him&> ! thutab'f :ftis 'eË à gfoéffiflFhól^ijd,.
tcriyards the back part a» KttdceifàrkèrJ /iind^ks'inigbè^'pfgfSS
OviWorinxus .feys!,- -that thi^ ereatfifo is 'fervicéable in lèverai cities*
Mufco,' pi .a44, and . others; .ag^in- fey the belly has-fitmêthing
poifonous iirit gjraj
iillAihort. and tlfick Sea^-Worm is found iSérë a^ fo r “ Wlfl^l I $8S<k
fihoW Priamh?} ■ fit iSijabout- : thepleftgth ;àïd t!h^.nefij pf ;a:’fin^SflUDknown
quite white, without: head or. tail,- and with duly onB b p ^ h rM ^orm‘
the. end, which doubtlefe feryes for k pàffagé for both afiméntâ
and excrements/,
» The.ftemach is as long: as the- WormV and there Is :ife figfi
of entrails j the flelh is white and toughy and of a pretty^ hard
fubftaneb.-
Pere Labat feys that the Ainerieans éat a' Wfiteififtorm, whithi
according to his delcription, very much tofefohleâffos,'bütîy fettïël
thing larger.
* Hippocampus rfomeà compoftiiïm efl: ex'diSiciie IWaj, qui équum fignificat, &
WftBSb. qusE,gnùca|m| ;qiiia ^ruegm: inritatui;,: non mo.doj Gbrporis: fleKürâ, -.fed étiàm
circulis,. quibys' pt infe^a;diTffingqilJ!r. ^Vijldught *L tv ic 9^ j). 1^7, .
I) This is properly a fi(h of the §yngathtis kind, not an .Infeft. ' -
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