26o Phvfical and MifceJlaneous 



like the broad footed one of Rondelet'ms, with the Squilla lata 



Sea Cray (or Scii Cray Fifh) of the fame Author, are brought every Day 



^'"^- to the Shambles. 



Sea Eggs. The Sea Eggs or Echini are in great Numbers, but in little 

 Variety. I have only feen three Kinds , one of which is of 

 the Tentaphjlloid or Spatagus Kind, very beautiful to look upon, 

 but of no Ufe. The other two are more common, flicking 

 to every Rock we meet with. Each of them hath five Sutures, 

 accompanied with feveral concentrick Rows of fmall Knobs; 

 whilft each Knob fupporteth a Prickle of an Inch long in the 



The Roes of ^^^q Spec'ics, and of two Inches Ions in the other. The Roes, 



them eaten. 1 ' o ^> 



which lye between the Sutures, are the only Parts that are 

 eaten; which, at the Time particularly of the Full Moon 

 when they begin to be turgid, are, after being tempered with 

 Pepper and Vinegar, efteemed as no fmall Dainty by thefe 

 People. 



Shell Fiiii. Neither is there any great Variety or Plenty of Shell Fifh 

 produced upon the Barbary Coaft. The Exuviae indeed of a 

 few Species of Whilks and Flithers , of the Sea Ear, the 

 Spondjilus, and a fmooth fliallow Chama, are what we com- 

 monly fee lying upon the Shore : whilft the greater Whilk or 

 Buccinum , which is fornetimes eight or ten Inches long ; a 

 long narrow Te£iimculus ; the Mufcle o^ Matthiolus ; the Concha 

 Keneris ; a large thin ampullaceous Whilk, the i 8//j Species of 

 Lifter \ and the long-nofed muricated one, theioZ/j of the fame 



oyfters. Author, may be reckoned among the Rarities. Tunis was for- 

 merly well fupplyed with Oyfters from the Haven ofBizerta, 

 but fome copious Rains, which fell a few Years ago in this 

 Neighbourhood, with the unufual Torrents confequent there- 

 upon , are fuppofed , by making the Water too frefli, to 

 have diminiflied the Breed. The Bottoms likewife, not only 

 of the feveral coafting Veflels o^ Algiers, but of others that con- 

 tinue any Time in the Harbour^are frequently covered with thefe 

 Shell Fifh ; yet their Banks could never be difcovered, though, 

 they have been often carefully looked after. This Coaft being no 

 way remarkable for Banks of Sand , makes the Cockle a great 



7*f Mufcle. Rarity; but Mufcles are every where common, being the fame 

 with thofe we have in England , without being attended, as 

 ours frequently are, with Crabs or CanceUi. However, pro- 

 vided 



