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II. . A Letter to Martin Folkes Efq. LL. D. 
, Pr. R. S. containing fome Obfervations upon 
certain Shell- Fifli (lodg'd in a large Stone 
brought from Mahon Harbour by Mr . 
Samuel More, Purfer of the Sterling- Caftle 
Man of W ar) from James Parfons M. D. 
F.R.S. 
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bead Jan. 2i.^| "'HE Favour Mr. More and Mr. Gra - 
~ ham Have done the Royal Society , 
by their Prelent of the Stone containing the fhcll’d 
Fifh, and called the bottle -St one, has given Occa* 
fion to the following Hints, to (hew of what fort 
thefe Fifh art, and that they are rare and curious 
to us. 
A. ' ^ * \ T 
Wpcrn our ftrft hearing of them by Mr. More’s 
Letter to Richard Graham Efq; becatiie it was faid 
the Fifh were lodged in a Stone, it was though# they 
\v nh e fame we know by the Name of ‘Pholades, 
and of which there are Plenty upon our own Coafts ; 
but I believe none of us had fecn thefe before, nor 
had a Notion of any others being lodged in Stone 
but our Pholades above mention’d ; whereas thefe 
feem to be peculiar to the Mediterranean Sea, fince 
Rondeletius , and after him Aldrovandus , have 
given their Account and Figures of them, among 
others that are Inhabitants of the fame Regions. 
Thefe two Authors call them fimply Pholades, 
which Term is derived of the Greek Verb 
and Fgnifies, to have a hiding Place; every Animal 
therefore 
