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but without any noife or accident. I have been in- 
formed by letters from Switzerland, that feveral 
fhocks were felt there, and that the falt-fprings of 
Bevieux have been rendered more fait. 
At Amersfort, in the province of Utrecht, on the 
fifteenth of this month, was felt a {hock of an 
earthquake, which occafioned great confirmation, 
but no damage. 
LXX. An Account of fome Fungi tee and other 
curious coralloid fofftl Bodies ; by Thomas 
Pennant, Ejq\ Communicated by Mr . 
Henry Baker, F. R. S. 
Read Feb. *9>T~A j G. I. (Tab. XV.) was found in the 
1 7 5 6 - ' limefione quarries in Coalbrooke- 
Dale Shropfhire, the greatefi magazine of coralloid 
fofiils, that I am acquainted with. 
The length of this elegant body is equal to that 
drawn, and its greatefi; diameter (which is near the 
top) is about an inch and half. It is exactly of the 
form of a pear, with a fmall portion of fialk remain- 
ing ; and its whole furface is covered with fmall lhal- 
low polygonal cells, the fialk excepted, which is 
perfectly fmooth. 
Fig. II. is a fmall fcpgites from the fame place, 
of the fame fize with the figure ; the top is con- 
vex, and thick fet with minute circular cavities ; 
the fialk tends to a conoid form, and is coarfeiy 
firiated lengthways. 
