90... iy Natural al Hiftory | 
| WC HcAspriax. 
Of Tubular Cole ee, 
Shall here add an Account of fuch ae Weciie Bo- 
dies, as have cafually occurred. And, firft, fhall give 
4 Defcription of an irregular Mafs of Sand, whieh appeass 
to have been cemented together by a particular Species of 
Sea- Worms. al have called it, 
Plate Tubularia aid Aaglica: 
Fig 4. B.C. Englifo tubular fandy Coral. 
This is found very often, in Pieces of confiderable Magni- 
tude, on the Coaft near Ye armouth, about Low-water Mark, 
and on the Shores near Dieppe in France ; 3 from which laft 
Place the Specimen, Part of which is exhibited, in its full — 
Bignefs, in Plate XXXVI. Fig. A, was brought to Mr. Ema- 
auel Mendez da Cofta, F.R.S.. who was fo obliging as to fend 
it tome. The whole’ Specimen was about fix Inches long, 
five broad, and three thick, of a dark fandy. Colour, brittle 
Texture, Tathee light. rte heavy, porous on all Sides, but 
on fome diftinguithed by peculiar Apertures. — 
The upper Part of the “Maf, which: is” here called its 
Front 4, is of a moft remarkable Fabric. One may com- 
pare it toa Number of final, and fomewhat flatted, Fun- 
nels, placed obliquely one hts another, and fo alll that 
the upper Edges of every lower Tier are hid by the lower 
Edge of thofe above them; and are placed fo obliquely, as. 
that the Hole at the Boron of each, which may be called 
the Tube of the Funnel, may plainly be feen: This Tube 
is continued from the Bottom of the Cup of the Funnel to 
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