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sembling flax ; with many other species of 

 that genus. Filum mari7ium, in acpiåvil- 

 losum. C oronopus with dotted leaves (a 

 variety of Plantago maritima'). There 

 were numerous Echini (Sea Urchins), as 

 well as Vatellce (Limpets), and Balani 

 (Barnacles) ; all so abundant on the shore 

 that we could scarcely walk without tread- 

 ing upon them. I noticed likewise some 

 kinds of Star- fish [Asterias), with many 

 Corallines, and petrified Corals. (See Lin- 

 naeus's dissertation, entitled CoralUa Bal- 

 iica, Amodn. Acad. v. 1. 74.) 



In the evening we arrived at the parson- 

 age house of Rorstad, the residence of Mr. 

 John Rask, Pastor Sccundarius, and chap- 

 lain to the king. He has been in the 

 West Indies, as well as Africa, and has 

 published an account of his voyage, in 

 which various fishes and plants are de- 

 scribed in a very interesting style. He gave 

 me a friendly reception. He has a hand- 

 some daughter named Sarah Rask, eighteen 

 yearsof age. She seemed to me uncommonly 



