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128 Natural Sistory of the Octan^ ^c. 



was a third time blown into the lungs and was followed by 

 a discharge of water from the mouth and nostrils* Aqua 

 ammoniae was applied to the nose^ and volatile linament 

 to the breast and back. The person soon began to breathe 

 with tolerable freedom, and was able to swallow some warm 

 cordial ; a small quantity of blood was now taken, and he 

 was the next day conveyed home to his friends. 

 New-Haven. March 25th. 1822. 



Art. XVIL — On the Katural History of the Ocearty with 



two sea Journals. 



TO PROFESSOR SILLIMAN, 



New- York, Ap^ril, 2, 1822.^ 



Jily Dear Sir, 



A SHORT time ago, my friend, C. A. Davis, Esq. handed 

 to me a journal kept on board the U. S. Ship Columbus, 

 Com- Bainbridge, Upon comparing it with one that I 

 kept on my passage from Liverpool to New-York, I was 

 induced to turn my attention to the waters of the Ocean— 

 and have drawn up a paper on its Natural History, which 

 I now offer to you. I have of course been obliged to con- 

 sult several works and papers, from which I have selected 

 such information as accorded with my design. 

 I place both journals at your disposal. 



With much respect, 



I have the honor to be 

 Very truly, yours, 



JER. VAN RENSSELAER. 



Colour, — Deep indigo blue — green on soundings ; — ^these 

 tints being most distinctly marked in the tropics. In the 

 polar regions, the waters are greenish. Near the Cape of 

 Good Hope, the sea has a reddish tinge, in (he month of 

 March, from marine animals : the same appearance is pro- 

 duced by the same cause at the mouth of the river Plate. 

 Admiral Byron observed this on his passage to Rio Janei- 

 ro. The bay of CalifomiTi is red. in narts. from the abun* 



