are united. It is to be obferved, however, that this 

 beautiful appearance is very different from that of the 

 fame coral in its natural ftate; in which it is coated 

 over by a foft or fpongy whitifh part, thickly marked 

 v/ith fmall foramina, which in the recent Lithophyte 

 are the habitations of fo many animals refembling po- 

 lypes ; the fuppofed fabricators of the coral. The Ifis 

 Hippuris is produced in feveral parts of the world, but 

 is chiefly found in the Indian feas. It is found of vari- 

 ous fizes, from a few inches to nearly two feet in 

 height. 



