SCOLOPENDRJ. 
depths of the ocean teem with myriads of animated beings, almoft infinite 
and ln Var * et y» which fabricate their feveral lodgings with the greateft dexterity 
ta ^ e ’ Numbers of thefe live and die immoveably fixed to the fame rocks, 
the natUres not admitting of any loco-motive power; yet, wherever dredged up, 
f U j t aL, Ie v ig°rous and healthy, and give no fign of having languifhed for want of 
'The 6 re ^ refllments - They live on atoms which are floated along with the tide. 
fuft e WaterS of . tbe fea are abundantly impregnated with various exuvU, to yield 
a nd ^n Ce t0 * ts "serous inhabitants in their every ftate. By the continual flux 
tefid^ • 3nd Pevcral rnoverne nts of the tide, thofe animals which have a fixed 
thofe ^ * n ° nC ^P 01 ' 5 are as P lentiful] y Applied with choice of nourifhment, as 
who can travel and run about in fearch of it. 
(as th examinin S fuch art >des, brought from the depth of fifty fathoms water 
that th° C ° f Whidl a re P refentation is g iven in the annexed plate) it is manifefi; 
ftone Cy / fe not fub J ea: to an 7 violent agitations of the fea: for the perforated 
had nog ° ld fhelIS ’ ° n Wh ‘ ch thefe beautiful /^olopendra have fixed their refidence, 
the und 5660 conne<aed with a °y rock > bl,t had lain on a bottom of mud and fand ; 
tati 0tls er f art op tbem bein g of a dirt y blue, and void of all appearance of incruf- 
thefe they muft therefore have remained for years on the fame fide : but were 
ahov e ex P oPed t0 the agitations of the ocean that are raifed by ftorms, the 
rana er) appearanccs could not have taken place. Indeed the whole ftrufture and ar- 
He*ev of thefe delicate vermicular fhells, and of the beautiful and tender corals 
Waves • k 3re i n t er woven, is utterly incompatible with the a&ion of ftormy 
’ their dwellings are in valleys of undifturbed tranquillity. 
t Wen t y tbe ^’^ ance oP Several miles along the coaft, and probably to the depth of 
the ft 0 ° r Pat h orns > the bottom may be agitated, and feel the influence of 
«ot r ei Y) 1Tl y Wind and temped ‘ but far beyond that, the raging of the furface does 
nu mberl f aWy dlfturb the tranquil flow of the waters in the deep. Of that fadt 
teffive f C s . ev *dences occur among the variety of articles dredged up— -of which fuc- 
^ Pectmens will occur in thefe delineations. 
A certain 
