from experience and accurate obfervation. Were they re a Ton able creatures, ration 
beings, what various inftruCtion would be neceffary to regulate thefe operations . 
To what univerfity could they go ? at what feminary of learning could they be 
taught all the fkill in phyfics neceffary to direct their conduit ? Yet all this profound 
erudition they have attained ; and we are equally aftonifned at their capacities, an 
mafterly performances, when they employ them — and our aflonifhment can only en 
by admitting of the fchool, where they have learned their arts and ingenuity. cc ^heY 
•“ have received inftruCtion, and have been informed, by One who hath taught tne 
“ fparrowtofind out a neft— and made the ftork to prepare a dwelling, where fo L 
“ may rear her young.” 
The very beautiful and uncommon fpecies of coral reprefented at E, E, are genera- y 
of a very pure white, fometimes a little inclining to ftraw colour; the final 1 pot- » 
like radiated dots, which exprefs the openings of their cells, arc fo fimilar to thofe 0 
the larger coral, to which they adhere, that it feemed unnecefiary to add their magnfo e 
appearance. 
In the larger bulhes of the more maffy coral, thro’ all the cavities formed by ^ 
inofculations of the furrounding branches, variety of the more minute and tender k ;, y 
.are formed ; taking advantage of thofe recedes, as the molt fecure and fafe abofo^ 
where their brittle frames can be reared and defended from external violence : an 
this affemblage of the minuter corals of various forms, all excelling in beauty, of 1110 
delicate texture, and the pureft white, affords in itfelf a mufeum — where the l ecr 
nnfoldings of nature open a fource of filent wonder, and indulge, by an inexpli ca 
charm, fome of the fineft feelings of the human heart. 
The Striated Lepas*, are found in great abundance, adhering to the fhells of S'- 1 
pulse, and to the coralline tubes; as on the fcolopendra at a. a. The animal of fob- 
multivalve, (which can only be feen alive during its very rapid movements, inhafo 1 ? 
iuftenance from the tide, by careful and repeated obfervation) is of the form expi' e L 
in the plate at A. Its numerous curling tentacula are feathered along the fides, 
doubt, on purpofe the more effectually to arreft diofe atoms floating in the w 3 ce ’ 
which conftitute its nourifliment. * ^ 
The animals of the fcolopendra tubes are various in form and appearance ; t ^ e y > 0 f 
at B feems effentially different from the fpecies delineated in N° 5. Over the en 
the tube C, the corals have* effectually fpread their dwellings, and by that encroa*- 
ment have ended the life of the inhabitant. 
Thefe combinations of corals, fliells, &c. in their natural and wild arrangemen * 
have feldom been reprefented with fuitable care; yet are certainly of importance; 
affording a more complete idea of their manner of growth and life, than the delfo^ 
tions of each individual fubjeCt, feparate and apart, can do. The exhibiting 0 
modes in which they are combined by nature, their relations and affinity, gives C T 
as far as poflible, for the fame variety of reflection, of amufement, and of admit* ^ 
as poffeflion of the original fpecimens could impart ; and for that end, therefore; 
here offered to view. 
* Br. Zool. Vol. iv. PI. xxxvii. 
