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put Into another glafs, with new rum poured on it ; the 
glafs muft be well corked, and covered with putty and 
a bladder. All the alcyoniums, fpuriges, hornwracks, 
pipe-corals, coralines, fea-feathers, and other curious 
zoophytes,,’ mull be treated in the fame manner ; as 
this would be a means to acquaint us with the various 
inhabitants of this curious tribe of marine productions, 
IX, The various worm-like animals comprehended 
under the name of Mollufca , may be belt preferved in 
rum or brandy : only obferve to pour the rum on them, 
when they are putting out their arms, eyes, horns, tenta- 
cula, and other parts of their frame. 
X. To the quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, filh, and in 
general to all the fpecimens, muft be fixed lead tickets 
by means of a wire, and a number on the lead fcratched 
inf which mud be referred to, in a paper, where under 
the fame number the collector would be pleafed to write 
the name by which the animal goes in his country, or 
among the various tribes of Indian nations, with the food, 
age, growth, nature, manners, haunts, how. many young 
of eggs it brings forth, in what manner it is caught, what 
it is ufed tor, &c. &c. 
XL The vegetable world affords fuch an immerife 
variety of productions of fo great and varied ufes for 
the various purpofes and wants of human fociety ; that 
it would be rather blameable in men to be indolent in 
refpe'Ct to them. Old England can juftly glory in be- 
ing poffiffed of the greatest variety . of plants of all 
kinds ; but even thefe glorious and fpirked efforts in 
this branch of knowledge, are not yet fuffident to make 
us acquainted with all the productions of the vegetable 
kingdom, and their various ufes. gefides this, their 
cultivation at large is often impofiible in .our cold cli- 
mate, and referred for a more mild and happy one, 
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