i 64 f$ N A T U R A L H I S T^O R Y df # 0
forts, a^ fanöis I havé heen able‘fd -’learn, gb'diy the'naflïe'öf lthe
t Shbrt-fhelly;;and ®§ë éfed, &s? mofrfof^ihh^riner.p GhWffófbMts
pn the jfilhifig^BdöM» .SSèitS!!ëaf 1 th ën f Mké 'Oyïl AsflU * They
are föiind- comMënly "foóVëred: hji -'' eMy-^round. Thé infide ;of
thefe {hells affords that fine chalky fubftarföfe which is reckoned
aivërygood abfcrbenty -and <& affó pródübèd'hy‘the thick; cbmmön
Oyfier-fliells ;«hut théy miift he? fiirïl as it wërè; cal’éiited hy the
ahifeTheir jïnatihèr öf hr^idïfi^hiafitforfï^he cbnjé&ured by the
thé^féalëèif a ltm y which ffilM frequently
to them j which feems toq^rocêed ftbm that part of the
fliell which the Oyftër ^alwaVs kéeps ctófe^ dikfe ^hingëi^®
Ehqu«y. I f • we inquire i höw afl the fhélis öf* théfé bind*; !.of
©yftérs g row ,-l and widen with thé ënclófed F ifh ,'th b ’ efc-is
n o tf p t e the Lóbftërh thin* criiftacteous coffering,’ Ifitf "i^wère-eon-
csetea from .the body; öfthe-;Fifh., butyls evidëndy^dbWlfhëd
from without,
if; xwe naak® this enCjitijyy I ftyij ’^ë^ftolÉ - ha¥dlyb{ïöd; afl¥fÜt|f-
. faÊtoryiaéGÖtfnt o f it hl^hérfiï given1; Ndf hirigfy©t:^ r öyföfed will
foperfede hut |énquMng after 'thfe 'Éèaëtli
occult .quality .of OiïP old AriÈötifiiiïis^ as-Nihey''!Ö|il,iflfed tfiëSi^
felves;; for they, athiëaft ih ' thé leye's* o f f thfè ^êfM^»|v%hl|^sö£)t
appear tö be- ëfttiMy igheraftt^ tó t had fodiething to-fay upfG>ri
every fbbjefifc, .
The wifdom of ©öd is ffloft' Wonderfully difplayed dvén in
Eis ’te im d efttworks; and our knowledge ds>fbut vèry'imperfé^
not only with| regard t o ' thefef i*but tof
creation, and thêir pictiëular 1 dsb?i this is an age which
would ipretend to open- all difficulties.^ likë f® manydocks^dwith
the mafter-key of deimonftration V£ fe
' jj S .5 " C T. III.
Muflmger. .y Muflingó’, or'Cockles, Pfe&unculi, which' we otherwifé-call/ by
way of; eminence, the Sbell-fiffi, are in plenty heré as in other
places, namely, the common fort; and thofe which are.' alio called
the Crow-fhell, from the crow, who is Very fond of f:Hemji and
tries], his;skilhby. opening them in this 'ióianfiórnu^enJbird-'pi^ts
thedhell dp in his hin^dnd ifiies up ver)? high; and then drops'll
on th e rocks, which breaks, the (hell to pieces. Thefe are pickled,
like Qyllers, forexportatiom; <■
The curious Frid. Chrift,. Lefftr, in his Teftgc?o-fheologie, P. I,. L. i. sJ iv
i to. advances. fomething .on' this Head - but at die fame time ówns that wt carindt
inveftigate the true caufe pf this wonderful produdlion,; nor.;of majny other particulars
in the works o f . nature.
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