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gums and throat in feveral rows ; they are nu- 

 merous, long, and very fharp ; five of them 

 are longer, namely, three in the upper- jaw, 

 and two in the lower : ihejaws are equal in 

 length. 



„ Of infers I found ; 



Dermejies elytris hirfutis cinereis, in the 

 fand. 



Hippobofca nigra, on the Pelecanus Aqirilo* 



Mufca vulgatiflima. 



Mufca nivea. 



Cancer Adfcenfionis. A fort of crabs with 

 white points on the feet. They run on the 

 fea-fhore between the Hones, and are difficult 

 to be caught j for as foon as they are purfued, 

 they jump very nimbly between the Hones. 



Aflerias. Of this Mr. Moreen faid he had 

 found one petrified on the ihore. Several 

 ihells lay on the ihore, but were generally 

 broken by the waves. 



Very fmall oyfters (Oflrea Adfcenfionis) lay 

 on the rocks on the Ihore. 

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