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been put into water, for fome hours every part 

 was put into diforder and diffolved. If this 

 and the preceding matter is not Dampier's fifh- 

 roe, which is faid to fwim in the Sargazo, I 

 have not met with it. In ftormy weather the 

 Sargazo does not fink, but keeps on the fur- 

 face of the water, except when the force of 

 the waves or the courfe of the water (when 

 it approaches the ihip) fupprefs it ; in this 

 cafe it finks lower, and gives a green light, 

 though its colour is yellow. If it is again 

 thrown into the water, it makes the latter to 

 foam violently. In wet weather it exfudes a 

 faltifli fubftance, tho' it was well dried before. 

 If it is prepared with vinegar, it is reckoned 

 as good 2&famphire [Crttbmum), which in Spain 

 and England relifhes fo well with roafted meat. 

 Why may not fome of our fpecies of fea- 

 weed ferve the famepurpofe? In this cafe wc 

 fhould have a fufficient quantity both for in- 

 land ufe and for exportation. In this migra- 

 tory fea-weed were the following animals : 



The American frog-J/Jh, Lop hi us Hi/trio 

 Linn. Syji. Nat. or Lophius tumidus Muf. Reg, 

 p. $6, and Dr. Linnapus's Wefigothic Journey 3 

 tab. iii. fig. 3. Its cirrus and firft dorfal-fin are 

 briftly at the top, and thofe bridles are foft. 



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