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On the T IS U enclofed /« STONE 0/ MONTE BOLCA. 

 By the Rev. GEORGE GRAYDON, LL.B. M.R.I. A. 

 and Secretary of foreign Correfpondence. 



JLt is impofllble for thofe who have not feen and examined Read March 



.1, 1794. 

 the f6flll fifh of Monte Bolca to form an adequate idea of 



that moft curious phenomenon of natural hiftory : In this, as 



in every thing elfe where the fenfible qualities of bodies are 



concerned, it is well known that defcription, however exadl:, 



muft come far fliort of conveying the impreflions that are 



given immediately by the fenfes *. That fuch is remarkably 



the cafe in the prefent inftance, I can teftify from experience; 



Vol. V. N n for 



* For this reafon, and to fupply the defedts of my pen, I have, with the permif- 

 fion of the Academy, placed a few fmall fpecimens of thefe fifh in their mufeum. 

 To them I beg to refer fuch members as with for more accurate ideas than it is pof- 

 fible for words alone to convey. An engraving of fome of thefe is annexed to this 

 paper. 



