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Etmulles fays, that he faw abufhel of Swallows, cluttered 
together, taken out of a frozen fifh pond. 
Dr. Colas, fpeaking of the manner of fifhing in northern 
climates, by breaking holes, and drawing nets under the ice, 
aflerts, that he faw fixteen Swallows fo drawn out of the Lake 
of Samrodt; thirty out of a great pond belonging to Ro- 
fincilen; and at Schlebitten, near a houfe of the Earl of 
Dolma, he faw two Swallows juft come out of the water, 
that could fcarcely (land, being very wet and weak, and with 
the wings hanging on the ground. 
To fupport tbefe furprifing, and confeftedly rare i nftances, 
by fome kind of analogy, they refer to the, cafe of the larvae 
of many infefts, of frogs, the amphibious animals, and fifh. 
It is objefted, that Olaus Magnus, who broached this 
do&rinc, feems to have been very credulous, or very for¬ 
tunate, that at the fame time that he has peopled the water 
with Swallows, he has mandated mice to the clouds; and 
that his writings are very amufing, and abound with won¬ 
ders. 
That Linnreus reftrains his affertion to two of the fpe- 
cies; that he does not profefs to have feen, or to vouch the 
truth of every thing he relates. 
On the authority of Keopin g» he has rather favoured the 
opinion, that there are men with tails. 
On Solander’s authority, he has given a wonderful account 
of the. Furia, an infeft in Bothnia, which falling out of the 
air upon the bodies of men, or animals, penetrates them in 
an inftant, and affli&s them with pain fo excruciating, as to 
prove fatal in a quarter of an hour. 
On the authority of Baron Munchaufen, he fpeaks of the 
feeds of Funguffes, whiv h being difperfed in water, live, and 
move, atlaft fix tbemfelves, and become Fungjuffcs again.'_ 
Animals thus becoming vegetables. 
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