faftened unto the infide of the fliell, evdn as the fifh 

 of oifters and mulkles are ; the other end is made 

 faft unto the belly of a rude mafle or lumpe, which 

 in time commeth unto the fliape and form of a bird : 

 when it is perfectly formed, the Ihell gapeth open, 

 and the firft thing that appeareth.is the forefaid lace 

 or ftring ; next come the legs of the bird, hanging 

 out, and as it groweth greater it openeth the fhell 

 by degrees, till at length it is all come forth, and 

 hangeth onely by the bill : in a fhort fpace after it 

 commeth to full maturitie and falleth into the fea, 

 where it gathereth feathers, and groweth to fowle 

 bigger than a mallard and lefler than a goofe, having 

 blacke legs and bill or beake, and feathers blacke 

 and white, fpotted in fuch manner as is our Mag- 

 Pie, called in fome places a Pie-Annet, which the 

 people of Lancafhire call by no other name than a 

 tree goofe : which place aforefaid, and all thofe 

 parts adjoining, do fo much abound therewith, that 

 one of the beft is bought for three pence. For the 

 truth hereof if any do doubt, may it pleafe them to 

 repaire unto me, and I lhall fatisfie them by the 

 teftimonie of good witneffes." 



The body of the Lepas is of a form approaching 

 to that of an oval, and extremely refembles the ani- 

 mal called by Linnceus a Triton, which is an in- 

 habitant of the cavities of rocks. The Lepas may 

 therefore be coniidered as a Triton inhabiting a Ihell. 

 The mouth conlifts of a long probofcis, or bent 

 tube, and is furrounded by twelve long, feathery 

 tentacula, which, as before obferved, hang out of 



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