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were going on to Constantinople. The sponge, when dry, was sold at 

 three piastres the oke. On looking among the sponges I observed 

 some marine productions ; of these the most common was a species 

 of Star fish with five echinated radii ; the prickles easily rubbed off, 

 and the whole animal was very fragile : our sailors called it Stavros. 

 Besides these were a marine worm, crxuXyita, rm Qaxdc-e-vis ; a sea-louse, 

 4%s! rov lbagi'ov ; four sorts of small crabs, one very hairy, za.ficvpoy.dvr, a 

 sort of shrimp, xu^a, a third sort called r^ze, a fourth, very small, 

 the name of which I could not learn. The Thracian coast afforded a 

 few shells ; the Greek limpet, perforated at the apex, called 7T£tuXi7x, 

 the periwinkle xoyylxi, the esculent cockle, (3o\(3oxyv<x, and the mactra 

 stultorum, «^jQ«Ja. The sponge gatherers had taken two sorts of 

 fish with their spears, p&ctvovp and tru^yo ; and our own boatmen 

 added three more to my list, 7rep««, <rxc«go, and <rxdQa.(>i ; the latter is a 

 scarce fish. 



LEMNOS. 



The water under the rock was extremely clear and offered to the 

 view a number of marine productions. I saw distinctly several 

 species of Medusa rolling themselves out with a flower-like ap- 

 pearance, and a very pretty Tubularia of a green colour, which 

 looked like an Opuntia, or articulated Cactus was fixed by its base 

 to some sponges. The Alva pavonia was very common, and the 

 little red Coralline covered the surface of the rock that was un- 

 der the water, while the upper surface exposed to the air was 

 encrusted with Barnacles, and two or three sorts of vermicular 

 Serpulse. 1 saw the Alcedo Ispida flying along the coast ; this then 

 is a marine as well as a river bird. During our absence on shore, 

 our sailors had caught a great quantity of fish, particularly of the sea 

 perch*, one of the best flavoured fish of the Archipelago ; they had 

 also taken some beautiful species of Labri, the Iulis called "HA/cr, 



* Percse marinae commendatur a Galeno. Vide Voss, de Idolo. lib. iv. 506. 



