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veririfc; qâàfn a t p t i ^ s teffi^ éa|4i,qüéknt lö tfeftiâm àrilplïotéttt
tanqüâm in dômiîtt nôVaïn tó'gfkht?’ Wôftn. Mdf p. - i f a * . I
have fometimes kept them aliv'é à fèw ^àjs iri water,°to feëhoW
readily the ƒ gb iô ^nS'cmt. Arnbrófë ParWUs, Lib. XXV, p. 687,
calls this little I do not
know, for he gives'ho account of the öiïgiw of that name.
igeikier. Thé Igélkiér, or Jùlkier* ®ëiSékit(ÿéhiâ^ called alfo: Krake-
Ballér j pethaps Beëàtitfë fife croW fédflS' hpon'" f Îîéüï ivhëîr hé find?
thèna lying <5n the tocks at low^water. It is ótherWife knoWri! by
the name of Ethinus MarinusyandPomum Màî'!ttum,"thè;.Seâ-;
apple, à name that reprefents the fize and figure'ó f thé thin and
tender Ihell that fnrrbühd^mï^ ®Bc
, Itrahgeft animals çohtained in thé fèà. r Théy Mfe feenhêréévery
day, and are very Coüimbn oil bur toaft. •' ïàtjllal
in fize* for feme aie foûhd iib’tj3Îg^ér ; tfiàrt1 à waliniiif ^'bffiétS !arë
équal to a ? large applé ; and’ f have twd in rûycWfinfef kà Mg ai the
head of à hew-born infant.- Théir lhabë is ItSdMpdiifeteht, for
feme are like a cone, dothérs'afé^quitetdtfhd,!3 e^Cehring thfe‘!undef
part, which is pretty flat-; dbi# b f^Y ^ la ft^ fe rt, wé' hWvè' fhe
grèateft number'. The fhell is ’ çôVered’ ' With a w ft' hùfnbef; of
fmall lharp prickles, like the briftles o fiI?ffi9 g p® b ^ ^ ^ iB b !ftl
Latin Mïïié; but thfefè prickléis 'aié'pihtfTarrdp'”thâft â' f^all‘dhi ât
thé móft. I have indeed/ fèen ë finali'Mhd^Tthat hÿ| JMiî thërWàé
long again as the largeft fort: Théy prbhaWÿ îhëd the pfickfes
once a year, and have new’ ones,, wjjich their nnenels feem ? ^ ' require.
When they are juft takèn odt;b i t|heuêk/they ;diafe a
greenifti luftre, which is féty beautiful ; bnf'iheif'greateft beauty
appears when thèÿ aré tlfjpa br boil’d, amftné pÿiéfcléâ âfe rüpb’a
off. This eonfifts in dértàîh regular 'and p^óf^ttronablê ftiipes^
interchanged Atnong One another, of acylihdnçal form, and funning
firoin the top to thebóttotn. Sbttie of thélè are çchité, óthéifs
óf a dark red, others again o f à light red,1 br ofâ'nge • cöibhï. Thefè
coloured ftripes are again ftrbwed oyer with as many 'white littlè
knobs as" there Were originally ptickîés. J
I fhaff now defcribe the internal part of this .bréatüfe, which
will be more difficult to concéjve, withbiit feeing it, than thé
external. When this beautiful fhell.is bfokè'n (Wrath may ealily
be done by fquéezlng it à little) there is found in it a quantity
* Swammerdam aflèits that the Bufe&Mr n m quits his Ihell ;• and in his ©Moite
e f Nature, Chap.., xir. p. 64, that awhor treats ail tWacis laid' about it as i-'mier fable
without any foundation.
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' c£fiime and water, Sand only a fmall Fi-fh, of a black, or dark red
colour ; and from this little bjty;i}here irunsydnto all the turnings
and windings of tfoe fhell, a,great .number 0^ fine threads; thefe
leem Compofed'Wf -a.thicker fiime, of perhaps; are a kind o f guts ;
they have a communication with thet external prickles ; and between
_ thefe ufually there is difpofed, -iniftripes, a great deal of
yeHowiih fpawn. The Fifhdies in the iheft ftretch fi from the
bottom to the top;-, a id theird is ,; in th a tp a rt, a fmall,, andalmoft
imperceptible opening,dikeithe anus: through . this the excrements
pds, which confift of-feveral fmall black grains. The 1
mouths I obïèrved before, ison thé flat-fide; it is extremely
curious, and is formed of'five 'boneSj'tpaijtkonyex, and part cohi
éaye, all running to a fmall point, where they!join together like
■the bill of a bird, and look fbmething like a flower. . /Gifeer
L ib .iv j de Aquatil. p.^416, d’e^tibês4t|üs cmature pretty exa(ftly*
and % s of the mouth in particular, that in the whole ocean there
is nothing more curious, or more beautiful. “ Tam' mirabili
ftupendoque artificio funt conftruda SC ccelata,, u t nihil fit. in toto
mari elegantius, fpearatuque ’ jucundius.” g
• The Sea-urchin js found bn a Tandy bottom, and rolls himfelf
about fWith his prickles Wherever he- pleafcs.- When'the tide
happens to fall on a fodden, they become a prey to the crow,
and other birds. : Gafp. Schottüs relates, in his Phyfica Curiofa’
L- th a t when they (probably by natural infl:in<9: given
them, and alb other creatures, by the , Wife Creator, for them
prefervatioh) perceive ftormy ahd bad weather coming on, they
lay hold of a pebble to make themfclves heavy,' and with that
fix themfelves t^ th e bottom of the fea, which ,the failors look
' iipon as aWign of Bad weather *■ He alfe relates that the Sici-"
lians, whofe tafte maft be ye^y different from ours, reckon this
creature to be delicate food ; they bieak the fhell, and eat the
mfide raw with fpoons. “ Qui cochleari utantur cum ovis ÓC
excrementa deglutiunt. Hos per jocum dicebam abfumere cum
ovis.aéium parvum &C magnum (i* atto piccolo e grande) dieere
volebam u r i n a m 'ftertöra eorum f . How this fhell (which,
without'doubti\is an excellent abforbent) may be ufed to advantage
in phyfic, is fhown by Ol. Wormius, in Mufeo, p.- a d i.
* This was ktiowh itt Pliny’s time; for he fays, ‘ c Tradunt,- fevidiam mans arm*
fagire eos, correptifqute operari lapillis mobilitatem póadere ftabiiientes. Nolunt volu.
tatione fpinas atterere, quod 'ubi videre. nautici, ftatkö pluribus aneoris navima infrm-
nant. H. Nat'. Lib. ix. c. ixxi. ;
t Dr. Shaw, in his Vbyage to the Levant, calls this créature a Sea-egg; and fays,
that it is only die-roe that is fit to be eaten with pepper and vinegar, particularly at die
tame or the fii'lj moon. See T. i. p. 336. *
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