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A Voyage to JAMAICA 
Of 2 Sea- 
Snail, 
Tad.1. Fig.4. 
Of Barna- 
cles, 
longer than others, and indeed there was Reafon it fhould be fo, they being 
not very certain to find their Food at certain Hours. I remember once to have 
found in an Eagle Shot in Affex and fent me by Mr. Barret, that the Hair 
of Hares and Rabbits were the only Contents of his Stomach, which probs:- 
bly might keep him from being very fenfible of his wants. 
We had near, but before we came in fight of Barbados, a fort of Sea-Snail 
with Barnacles fticking to it, floating in the Sea, there were feveral of them, 
and their Apertures were filled with a froth all ftanding in Bubbles. The 
Snail I defcribed thus. 
It was more flat or comprefled than moft of the Cochlee Marine confifting 
only of Circumyolutions round the Columella, or Axis of the Shell. Ithad fome 
vifible Oblique ftrie on the Circumvolutions, was brittle and thinner than any 
Marine Shell I ever aw; it was of a very fine Violet or Purplecolour. Thefe 
Shells floated on the Surface of the Sea, and had many Balle of a vifcid froth 
came out of them fuch as is raifed from Sope and Water. They were more 
comprefled than that of the Streights of Magellan, or Mediterranean, as alfo 
{moother. Wherefore I have chofe to call it Cochlea Marina é ceruleo purpu- 
rafcens, compreffa, levis, tribus volutis conftans. \t is the Cochlea Marina Viceftma 
tertia ceruleo-purparafcens of Dr. Lifter Hift. Conchyl. Pinh..572.- 
There grew to this Shell on every fide that particular kind of Pluri-valved 
Shell-Fifh made of feveral Shells called Concha Anatifera, figured in Dr. Lifters 
HiftoriaConchyl. Tab. 439. and 4qo. which fticks to, and Breeds on any thing 
floating in the Sea, by a hollow Neck fomewhat refembling a Wind-Pipe. 
Tt looks fomewhat like'a Cockle, and has in it fome Civ7hi which has been 
taken for the budding: Feathers: in the Wings of young Barnacles or Brent 
Geefe which were fuppofed to Breed out of Trees. Thefe Birds ufed to 
come yearly to Scotland, and other Countries in great numbers from the 
North in Winter, and go away in the Spring. They ufed in Northern Coun- 
tries to have drift Wood come from the North with thefe Shell-Fifh fticking 
to them, and never obferving the Barnacles Breed as other Fowles, thought 
they bred fo, till the Dutch in their attempts for a North-Eaft Paflage found. 
thefe Barnacles fitting on Eggs as other Geefe. I fhall nor fay any thing fur- 
ther, but refer the Reader to the Authors following, where he will find them 
treated of. : 
Arbor Anatifera prima fen Arbor ex cujus ligni putredine vermes, co ex his 
anates viventes Cy volantes cencrantur, O.B, pin. p. 513. Arbres des Ifles Heb- 
des, les troncs au-bois. de(quelles chenz, dans la mer, G pourris par Peau Marine, fe 
muent ¢ changéent -dans quelque temps.en vers, puis en oyes ou canes vivantes, De 
Daret. p.287.°> Britannice Concha anatifere Gallis Macreufes. An Sapinettes 
Nortmannorum eadem, Lob. Obf. p.655... Britannica Conche anatifere, Ej. Icon. 
p. 259. Park. p.1306. Ger. emaculat. p. 1587. Arbore delle anitre: Durant. in 
Fig. Telline pedate di Imperat. p. 683° Ex furculis arborum couche anatifere, 
Lugd. p.1398. Arbores conchifere vel anatifere falfo dicte ut telline ac Balani, 
J. B. Lom. 3. lib. 39- P- 818. Arbores conchifere vel anatifere dite ut teline c& 
alie. Chabr. p. 580. Arbor admiranda Viceftma quinta in Orcadibus & Hebridl- 
bus infults anatifera, Fonst. Dendr. 47%. Concha anatifera Calceclar, p25. Clakis 
? 
& concha anatifera Aldrov. Ornith. Tom. 3. p. 174, and 548. Barnacles of Hyd- 
fon or Marcolino, Purchas, p. 615. 
The Twenty fifth of this Month at Noon we arrived at Bridge-Town 
in Barbados, and anchored in Ten Fathom Water, all the Ships ane 
Forts faluting his Grace. The Ifland of Barbados had its name, or Bar- 
bata as Martyr, trom a kind of Fig-Trees which are frequent in it, 
of which I fhall give a Defcription hereafter; they have Filaments or 
Threads come out of their Tops and hang down in handfuls or Sheafs, 
and make the Tree look as if it was bearded: at leaft this was told 
me 
