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The Natiral Hifory of the Book IX. 
The SMALL STAR-CORAL. 
ot HIS differs from the laft defcribed, by having its Stars even with 
the Superficies of the intervening Ribs. 
The VERY sMaLi: STAR-CoR AL. 
Fungus coralloides, frellis minoribus, rupibus corallinis accrefcens. Boerh, 
Ind. Plant. p. 2. 
“F HE Surface of this is almoft intirely covered with the Appearance 
of very {mall Indentings like Stars. 
The LARGE STAR-CORAL. 
THe E Surface of this is indented with the Appearance of Stars, far 
* larger than thofe already defcribed, 
The Wire-SPonGE. 
oe HIS is of the Sponge-kind, though it hath no Elafticity : Its Sub- 
ftance is far more reticulated than any other Sponge: It grows 
chiefly upon the broken Stumps of Sea-Rods: It generally grows of a 
cylindrical Form, and hollow in the Middle: It is of the Colour of a 
common Sponge, and its Parts are as ftiff as if they were compofed of 
very fine Wire. 
The Sort SPONGE. 
HIS Clafs cleave to the Rocks, or rather grow from them, as Fews- 
Ears do from Trees, 
The BEAMED CorRAL. 
Madrepora ramofffima fufca, halcyoniis et oftreis accretis infignis. 
Boerh, Ind. Plant. p. 5. 
oe ELE Specimen I {aw here has no Oyfters or Halcyonia on it; but 
it hath a fine brown Tubulus Marinus. 
Suatt conclude this Book with the Defcription of that furprifing Crea- 
I ture the Animal Mower, firft obferving thatthe remarkable Place called the 
Spout, in St. Lucy’s Parith, is a large Hollow under arocky Cliff impending 
over the Sea : As the Waves continually ruth with a violent Force into this 
hollow confined Part, it throws upwards, through an Hole in the Surface 
of the Rock, a confiderable Body of Water, from fifteen to fifty Feet high, 
containing feveral Hogfheads, It may be feen at feveral Miles Diftance. 
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