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fish and marked it for himself. We saw here two sorts 

 of starfishes, \Astenad(B ? Common cross fish, Uraster 

 ruhens? Common sunstar, Solaster papposa?^ the common 

 one with five radii, and another which hath ordinarily 

 thirteen, sometimes fom-teen, as we observed in one or 

 two. Here is a piece of a castle standing upon a high 

 clifi!, hanging over the sea on one side, and the town on 

 another ; a place of great strength, and still held with a 

 garrison ; there is a well of fresh water within half a yard 

 of the edge of the top of the cliff',* only a hill, about half 

 a mile or more distant, matches, if not exceeds it in 

 height. We drank of the spaw water there, which, by 

 report of those who have tried both, is more nimble in 

 its working than the Knaresborough water, and purges 

 more by stool. The powder of galls presently turns it to 

 a murry or purplish blue colour, not much unlike to the 

 syrup of violets, and by standing (as Dr. Witty observes) 

 an hour or two, we found that it would grow clear again, 

 and precipitate to the bottom such a coloured powder in 

 great quantity. We tried also to coagulate therewith 

 boiling milk, which by boiling awhile together it did, yet 

 but faintly, and made us a posset not unpleasant to drink. 

 The well is at the foot of the cliff" by the sea-side, about 

 half a mile from the town southward. On the shores 

 hereabout are found clear white pebbles, which by jewel- 

 lers are polished and cut in the manner of diamonds, and 

 placed in rings. 



August the 9th, from Scarborough we journeyed to 

 Whitby, twelve miles ; the way stony and uneven; much 

 like the peak ways in Derbyshire. We passed by a little 

 village called Robin Hood's Bay, near whereto, on the 

 ascent of the hill, by the way-side, we took notice of a 

 vitriolick well, of the same taste with the spaws, so far as 

 we could judge. Upon the shores about Whitby, we 

 found long sea-laces \Cliorda filum. Lam.] of a yellow 

 colour, of about one yard and a half in length, and 

 smallest at both ends, cast up by the working of the sea, 



* See Dr. Witty's book. 



