LETTER X. 2^93 



Colledion, at Cambridge ^ or elfc to \\\q Mufaum 

 j^Jhmolea72um 2it Oxford? 



1 8. I ought (in my Firft Letter) to have in- 

 formed you, that the Clufter of roundifli Shells 

 about as big as my fill, which ^re cemented and 

 grown together, was picked up among the Rocks 

 and Sand ^X, Black Rock Point, that ii'to fay^ 

 about halfway between 'the Pond mA- Charles 

 liown^ at A^mi. They are Barnacle Shells,. and 

 were wafhed off fome Rock in the Sea, and thrown 

 nfhore in a Storm or Hurricane : Th^y ftick fafl: 

 to Ships bottoms too, when they *gPbW' foul, 

 "which they foon do in fultry Latitudes-. A BaV-^ 

 riacle is no other than a Sea Wothi ; and now 

 pray. What became of thefe Black -Rock Sea 

 Worms? Did they perifh as Toon as out of their 

 Element on the dry Shore ? Did they prudential- 

 ly creep back into the Sea, to look out for a new 

 rocky Settlement ? or did they turn into' Qzdk, 

 Ducks, Qfc. and fo mount up into the Air ? I am 

 fatisfied, That all the mofl pofitive llories about 

 the Scotch Barnacles are fabulous ^ for I fee no rea- 

 fon why Scotland fhould be bleffed, above other 

 Countries, with fuch a genial Warmth, as will 

 turn Worms into Geefe, Ducks, ^c. Thefe 

 Geefe may feed on Barnacles in Scotland \ and in 

 this fenfe Barnacles may be faid to turn into 

 Geefe among the Or cades. N, B. That in O^o- 



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