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indications flionld always coincide with the above inftni- 
ment. But as, with all its imperfCclions, the barometer 
abovementioned is of great utility, why fliould not alfo 
this, formed of fea-anemonies, be adopted notwith- 
ftanding their little irregularities. Thefe are not the 
only animals that are influenced by the approaching 
changes of weather; the petrel, different forts of gulls, 
the fciiik, the leech, the little fifli of the Danube, the 
cetaceous animals, the lea-urchins. See. are all faid to feel 
, and prognofticate thofe variations. 
Amidft the more important objects of utility and ne- 
ceflity, every pleafurable improvement fnould not be to- 
tally neglected. I fliall not therefore fcruple to commu- 
nicate what ideas have occurred to me, tending to this 
purpofe. It appears to me, that the large anemonies, and 
even the fmaller ones, being arranged in an advantage- 
ous manner, and properly grouped with acorns, barna- 
cles, fea-weeds, 8cc. might furnifli archite6fure, paint- 
ing, 
pliflent mleux cet objet, ni qu’elles foient toujours d’accord avsc lui ; et comme 
avec fes inexa£litudes,le barometre eft un bon lnftrumeiit,on pourra fefervirde celui 
d’anemones, independemment de fes petits caprices. Ces animaux ne font pas 
les feuls qui reflentent I’influence de la temperature prochaine, Toifeau-tempete, 
le petrel, les poulets de mer, le mabouja, la fangfue, le petit poiflbn du 
Danube, les cetacees, les -ourfins, &c. paflent auffi pour la reflentir, et meme 
pour I’annoncer. 
Les vues d’utilite, de neceflite, ne doivent point nous faire negliger ceUes 
d’agrement ; je ne craindrai done pas de devoiler ici celles que j’ai fur ce point, 
lime femblequeles grandes et meme les petites anemones de mer prifesdans de« 
pofttions variees les plus avantageufes, et artiftement groupees entr’elles ou avec 
.Jes glands de mer, les conques anatifhes, les .plantes marines, &cc; fourni- 
roient 
