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15. You will find too in my Colleaion a milk 

 white Stone not quite fo broad as a Half Crown 

 Piece, which in fliape is not much unlike a Car- 

 nation Flower ; The upper or infide part, is en- 

 tirely compofed of exceeding nice Stone Leaves, 

 that are clofe fet together in a wavy form at top, 

 and are full as thin as Carnation Leaves ; and the 

 bottom or outfide part has a little bit of Stem, 

 jetting out as it were on purpofe to dired us, to 

 imagine or fancy the reft of the Stalk, from whence 

 it was by fome unknown accident broke off in 

 its fair Garden the Sea. This is of a Coral kind, 

 many pieces whereof I have fince {qqii in your 

 Chamber at Trhiity College. 



16. We have there Land Crabs which high 

 up in our Mountain Woods, make fmall Bur- 

 roughs in the Ground like Rabbits 5 their Flefli 

 is rich (delicious) eating, but their Shells are no 

 ways curious, though of a deep Blood Red co- 

 lour when boiled 5 they annually travel down to 

 the Sea, in order to wafh and fhed their Shells, 

 at which Seafon we catch them eafily, by help 

 of Torches in the Night, which is the time of 

 their travelling. Their Bodies are much fmaller 

 than the Bodies of our Etircpean Sea Crabs, and 

 Nature has fupplied them with Claws that are 

 both long and ftrong as well as flender, which 

 enables them to lift well up their Bodies and to 

 travel apace. — «- In our Ponds near the Sea we 



catch 



