iW of CoRALs, &e. 
4 __ Upon throwing, a Fragment of it on the Table, it founded 
Tike a Piece of a Tobacco-pipe. : eae 
a With fome Difficulty, I cut off a thin Slice, which I put 
into Vinegar, on which. a: ftrong Effervefcence enfued ; and,. 
a when the Vinegar had been changed two or three Times, I 
~ found the ctetaceous or {tony Matter was depofited, and only 
the Membranes, that inclofed the Lamine, remained; fo 
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Tentacula, ot Claws, at the End of each, like our Polype, 
are furnifhed with Ranges of jointed Fibres, along the Infide 
of each Ray like a Brufh; of which the fame Author has 
given a curious Plate, with a particular Defcription of this 
extraordinary Foflu. 
~ Sothat this curious Polype; is rather, I fhould think, of 
another Genus, and feems to be intirely unknown to us till 
now. ae . : 
O 2 is ded CON 
