( 37 f) 
kindled , and by this means faving himfelf from the force of the 
Fire , forthe fpaee of two hours ; the Gentleman above-menu- 
, oned being then unwilling to hazard the Creature any furthers 
That afterwards it lived nine Months .* That he had kept it ele- 
ven Months without any other food, but what it took by licking 
the Earth, on which it moved , and on which it had been brought 
out of the Indies h which at fir ft was covered with athickmoi- 
ftufe , but being dried afterwards, the Llrin of the Animal ferved 
to moiften the fame. After the eleven Months, the Owner ha- 
ving a mind to try , how the Animal would do upon Italian Earth, 
it died three dayes after it had changed the Earth, 
An. Account 
of fever al Engagements for obferving of Tjdes, 
Since nothing is more important for difcovering the Caufe of 
that Grand Fhmomenpn of Nature , the Flux and Reflux of the. 
Sea , than a true and full FUJI or y of the Tfdes , the Virtuofl of 
Fnglandhave of late ( efpecia'llyfince the Publication of Dr. Wallis 
his 7 he or f touching that A are nee') taken care, todireef and re- 
commend in feveral parts of the World , and particularly in the 
inoft proper places of thefe llands , fuch Obfervations , as may 
contribute to the elucidating of that Subject. 
And as formerly they have fent their Inquiries of this Nature 
no the Ifle of St. Helena , fttuated in the open Ocean beyond the 
<ts£qwrio$ial y and already received fome account thereupon; fo 
they have fince difpatcht the like for the Bermudas , an I (let hat 
hath no lefs conveniency of fituation for that purpofe. And they 
intend (as will more amply appear, God permitting, inafhort 
time) to lodge with fuch Mafters of Ships and Pilots, asfhallfayi 
into remote parts , very particular diredions of that kind, to be 
printed at the Royal Societies charges, and to be committed to the 
care of the Mafters of Trinity tfoufe fordifpofing of them to that 
end, . 
And, as for the Obfervations, . to be made in thefe K ingdoms 5 
Tis hoped , that the Mafters in the Art of Navigation at Briflol 
(Mr,. Standridge and Mr . iff) will undertake thatbufinefs withaf- 
fedioa and care : the former of thefe two having already (as we 
ate informed from a good hand) made a Colledion of the Tydes, 
; T 'V ‘ c r: ■ for. 
