Shane. 89 
fwallowing of Stones affills DIgeftion ; oc- 
calioned by the cafe of a man who had. 
fwallowed 200 pebbles. N° 253. Vol. 
xix. p. 192. 
Obfervations on four Kinds of A<:.irlcm- 
Fruits, thrown on the fhores of the North- 
weft parts oi Scotland. Three of thefe were 
known by the author to be natives of J a-* 
maica. — i. The Cocoons, or the Pods of 
the Phafeohs MaximuSy &c. Hiji, yam. i. 
p. 178. (Mimofa Scandens Lin.) — 2. The 
Horfe Eye Bean ; Phafeolus Brafilienjisy &c. 
Hiji. Jam. i. p. 178. fDolkhos. Pruriens 
Lin.) — 3. The Aili-coloured Nickar Tree ; 
Liobus EchinafuSy &c. HiJi. Jam, ii. p. 40. 
^ Guilandina Botiduc Lin.) — 4. The Fru5lus. 
Orbicularis fulcis nervifque dijiin^usy C, B. 
pn. 405. b. iv. N° 222. Vol. xix. p. 298. 
Thefe, and feveral other kinds, which are 
alfo found plentifully on the coaft of Nor- 
way^ are thought by Sloan e to have been 
brought by currents, through the Gulph of 
Florida y into the North American ocean. 
The appearance of thefe fruits on the Nor- 
thern fliores of Europe^ had been alledged 
by 
