THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 
335 
fome beautifully fpotted foies; leather-jackets ; bonnetos ; 1777. 
and albicores; befides the eels mentioned at Palmerfton’s . ^ uly ‘ . 
h - l ^— 1 
Illand; fome fharks; rays; pipe-fhli; a fort of pike; and 
fome curious devil-filh. 
The many reefs and fhoals on the North fide of the 
illand, afford fhelter for an endlefs variety of fhell-fifh; 
amongft which are many that are efteemed precious in 
Europe. Such as the true hammer oyfter; of which, how¬ 
ever, none could be obtained entire; a large indentated 
oyfter, and feveral others ; but none of the common fort; 
panamas; cones; a fort of gigantic cockle, found alfo in 
the Eaft Indies; pearl fhell oyfters; and many others ; fe¬ 
veral of which, I believe, have been hitherto unknown to 
the mod: diligent inquirers after that branch of natural hif- 
tory. There are, like wife, feveral forts of fea eggs; and 
many very fine ftar-fifh; befides a confiderable variety of 
corals; amongft which are two red forts ; the one moft ele¬ 
gantly branched, the other tubulous. And there is no lefs 
variety amongft the crabs and cray-fifh, which are very 
numerous. To which may be added, feveral forts of iponge; 
the fea hare, holothurice , and the like.” 
C H A P. 
