THE 
NATURAL HISTORY. 
IMland of BAR BADOS. 
Of the SEA and its (NHABITANTS. 
|S the Earth is full of God’s Riches, fo is the great and 
Rib| wide Sea, wherein are Things creeping innumerable, 
both {mall and great. We are no fooner advanced to 
the Shore, at leaft a few Yards farther upon the 
{mooth Surface of the Water, on the Weft Side of 
this Ifland, but we are, efpecially in calm Mornings and 
Evenings, pleafed with the Sight of feveral Groves of 
Coral, Sea-Feathers, and Sea-~Rods ; the former grow in thick Clufters, 
yielding an imbrowned Shade, and remain as fturdy Oaks unmoved ; 
‘the latter, with their numerous, pliant Branches, wavingly bend with 
the undulating, flow Motion of the Water. The interfperfed, vacant, 
fandy Spaces refemble fo many bright Lawns which pleafe with a Kind of 
regular Confufion. : 
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