CONCLUSION. 
: HIE Reader hath now before him a Recital of the moft. 
obfervable Circumftances, that have occurred to me in’ 
my Enquiries into the N ature of Corallines, together with a_ 
faithful Reprefentation of the principal Kinds, and ofthe Po-' 
~ lypes that inhabit them; for of this Species of Animals, they” 
undoubtedly are. Accident firft threw the Subject'in my Way 5) 
unexpected Difcoveries awakened and. kept up my Curiofi- 
ty; and, remote as the Nature of my Employment 1s from, 
- Refearches of this Sort, I could not avoid Alling up the lei- 
- fare Hours my Bufine& allowed, with attending to Objects, 
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minute indeed, but fall of pleafing Wonder... 
Many Hints I owe tothe Converfation of my Friends ; 
and I cannot but acknowlege, that whatever elfe may have 
accrued to-me from thefe Purfuits, they, at leaft, have been 
the Means of procuring me many valuable F riendfhips, and 
an Acquaintance with Men who do Honour to their Coun- 
try, and their Species. Bld} os 
~ T have fhunned Conje@ure, as much as poflible, im this : 
| Recital; and, if in any Place it occurs, it is rather with’ a 
Bees, and other Infe@s, ferve for fimilar Purpofes. 
Viel to excite thofe, who have it in their Power, to demon=_ 
{trate the Probability or Improbability of what L advance by 
Experiment, thanito impofe:my Opmion upon any-one. 
I own, Iam led to fufpe@, that by much ‘the greateft. 
Part of thofe Subftances, which from their Figure have hi- 
therto been reputed Sea-Shrubs, Plants, Mofles, &c, are not 
only the Refidence of Animals, but their Fabric likewile 5 
and ferve for the Parpofes of Subfiftence, Defence, and Pro- 
pagation, as much as the Combs and Cells fabricated. by 
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