On some rare Fossils of Vestena Nova. 2fr3 



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 they again pour over it 100 pounds of water and 20 pounds 

 of salt, proceeding always in the same manner as above 

 described. 



The last two kinds are not strong, but very salt ; espe- 

 cially that of the last extraction, the colour of which is also 

 clear. These two kinds are the commonest in China. The 

 difference between them is as 9, 4, 1. 



In the year 1759 I prepared in this manner, in my lodg- 

 ings at Canton, all the soy which I employed. I even 

 brought some bottles of it to Sweden: it was succulent, 

 oily, moderately salt, and entirely different from that usually 

 sold in Europe : in regard to its taste it was equal to that of 

 Japan, which is generally considered as. the best. 



This description is the more certain, as I always executed 

 the preparation myself: I will even venture to assert, that 

 it is that used to obtain soy of the best quality. - 



M. Ekeberg asserts that the soy is boiled, and that sugar, 

 ginger, and other spiceries are added : but this is void or 

 foundation and cannot be true, since a Chinese pound of 

 soy does not cost more than two canderins Chinese money, 

 which are equal to 1^ skilling Swedish*. This was the 

 usual price during my residence in China, and there is no 

 reason to believe that these ingredients were employed in 

 the preparation of it. Besides, soy has no taste either of 

 sugar or of spiceries ; the prevailing taste is that of salt. 



XLIV. Memoir on some rare Fossils of Vestena Nova, in 

 the Veronals, not yet described, which were given to the 

 Museum of Natural History at Paris by M. de Gazo- 



LA. By FAUJAS-SAlNT-FoNDf- 



JL he collection of fossil fish found at Vestena Nova, in the 

 Veronais, with which the Museum of Natural History is 

 enriched, must be considered as unique in its kind. To 

 employ the same constancy and activity in research that 

 M. de Gazola has done, one must be animated with a noble 

 enthusiasm for the advancement of that knowledge which 

 relates to the theory of the globe ; one must possess the 

 same fortune and disinterestedness to sacrifice large sums 

 for the acquisition of cabinets, and to cause researches to 

 be made for thirty years, in the bosom of a mountain co- 

 vered with lava. It was in this manner that this naturalist 



* A ennderin is equal to about 3 sou 11 7^ deniers French money. 

 t Froai Anna!?s du Museum Nat'ovnl tTHitfoirt Naiurrfft, No 13.' 



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