352 , FOSSIL-SHELLS, ETC. 



It is extraordinary enough, however, that the common 

 red coral, though so very frequent at sea, is scarcely seen 

 in the fossil world ; nor is there any account of its having 

 ever been met with. But to compensate for this, there are 

 all the kinds of the white coral now known, and many 

 other kinds of that substance with which we are unac- 

 quainted. Of animals there are various parts : the ver- 

 tebrae of whales, and the mouths of lesser fishes ; these, 

 with teeth also of various kinds, are found in the cabinets 

 of the curious ; where they receive long Greek names, 

 which it is neither the intention nor the province of this 

 work to enumerate. 



