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of the waves immediately above. The power of 
oil in ftilling the waves excited by a ftorm, is 
mentioned by Pliny: the moderns have made the 
experiment with fuccefs*; and by that made one~ 



advance towards eradicating the vulgar prejudices — 
againft that great and elegant writer. . 
We muft acknowlege the obligations we were — 
under to the Rev. Mr. Farrington of Dinas, : 
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a 
Caernarvonfbire, for feveral learned commuhicati- | 
ons; but in particular for the natural hiftory of 
this animal, which we fhall give the public in his 
own words. 
‘ The feals are natives of our coafts; and are 
‘found moft frequently between Liz in Caernar- } 
©‘ vonfbire, and the northern parts of Anglefey: they 
‘are feen often towards Carrig y moelrbon, to the 
‘ welt of Bard/ey, or Ynys Enlli, and the Skerries, 
‘commonly called in the Britifh language Yynys y 
© moelrbqniad, or feal ifland. The Latin name of 
this amphibious animal is Phoca+: the vulgar 
name is fea calf; and on that account, the male is 
called the bull, and the female the cow; but the 
‘Celtic appelative is Moelrbon, from the word — 
‘ Moel, bald, or without ears, and Rhon, afpear or 
¢ lance. 
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* Phil. Tranf: 1774. P» 445- 
+ Dottor Charleton derives the word Qwxyn ex Bann, boat 
quem edit: «ide Exercitationes. de dif. An. pife. Pp. 48. 
But I do not find any authority for his opinion, + 
« They 
