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ESSAY 



TOWARDS a' " ' 



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NATURAL HISTORY 



O F T H E 



CORALLINES, 



AND OTHER 



Marine Productions of the like Kind, 



Commonly found 

 On the Coafts of Great Britain and Ireland. 



To which is added 



The Description of a large MARINE POLYPE taken 

 near the North Pole, by the Whale- fifliers, in the Summer 17^3. 



By JOHN ELLIS, F. R. S. 



LONDON: 



Printed for the Author; 



And Sold by A. Millar, in the Strand; J. and J. Rivington, 

 in St. Pauls Church-Tard ; and R. and J. Dodsle t, in Pali-Mall. 



M.DCC.LV. 



