TRAVELLING, &c. ig 



thing hitherto unheard of, unfeen, i myfclf fa\v 

 with thefe eyes, and was lurprifed. 



We admire the abundance of coral on the 

 Indian Ihores, yet the port of Capellus in 

 Gothland alone equals, nay exceeds thofe riches 

 of the eafl. I have feen deep flrata of corals ex- 

 tending many furlongs, many miles along ita 

 fliores. 



Botanifts, who have travelled over the 

 greatefl part of the globe in fearch of the trea- 

 fures of the vegetable kingdom, have yet left 

 many plants for us and our pofterity to dif- 

 cover in thefe our regions. For there is fcarce 

 any where a greater variety of mojfes, lichens^ 

 ftici^ and fungi^ than with us ; and the moft 

 curious botanifts are now diligently employed 

 in contemplating thefe minute plants. 



Whoever beheld, or defcribed our diapen- 

 fia ? who the llafta unlefs Micheli alone ? 

 Thefe two kinds of plants grow with us, and 

 the latter efpecially is found in great plenty 

 about Fahluna. What traveller, that is not 

 totally ignorant in botany, does not go from^ 

 Paris to Fontalnebleau to fee thofe very rare 

 erchis's^ fome of which reprefent helmets, 

 others knats, others flies ; all of them fo exadl- 

 ty, fo wonderfully, that there feems nothing 

 C 2 want- 



