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by Donatl *, furnifhed with (Irong pincers, 

 iixed to one or more bars, which by means 

 of a rope may be clofed or opened at plea- 

 fure, and thus take hold of and bring up 

 any fubftances fromthe bottom. But where 

 the water was deep, I found it more con- 

 venient to employ one of thofe nets which 

 fifhermen ufe to envelop, and tear from the 

 rocks, coral and other fubaqueous bodies. 

 Thefe nets I eafily procured, as coral is 

 fifhed up on thefe coafts ; of which fifliery 

 I fhall treat further in a fubfequent part of 

 this work. 



Employing, therefore, thefe two inftru- 

 ments, the follow^ing was the refult of my 

 obfervations, which were not made on 

 pieces that lay detached on the bottom, but 

 on fiich as formed a continued whole with 

 it, as was evident from, the recent appear- 

 ance of the fractures where they were broken 

 off. 



* Saggio fopra la Storia naturale del Mare Adrlatico 

 — Eflay on the Natural Hiftory of the Adriatic Sea. 



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