. Scripture natural history: containing a description of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, amphibia, fishes, insects, molluscous animals, corals, plants, trees, precious stones, and metals, mentioned in the Holy Scriptures . Coral of Commerce, with the ends of the branches are representedas stripped of their living envelopes. CORAL. 169 with its mouth and tentacles, which latter it extends inquest of food. These polypes, though acting each forthemselves, constitute a compound whole, being vital-ly united to each other, by means of a living gelatinousexpansion which covers the calcareous
. Scripture natural history: containing a description of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, amphibia, fishes, insects, molluscous animals, corals, plants, trees, precious stones, and metals, mentioned in the Holy Scriptures . Coral of Commerce, with the ends of the branches are representedas stripped of their living envelopes. CORAL. 169 with its mouth and tentacles, which latter it extends inquest of food. These polypes, though acting each forthemselves, constitute a compound whole, being vital-ly united to each other, by means of a living gelatinousexpansion which covers the calcareous coral, as with. Gorgonia pustulosa.—The pustular covering, and also the flexiblehorny stems denuded. a sort of soft bark or skin; thus the calcareous portionacts as an internal support, or rude skeleton, depositedby the living gelatine. Coral is mentioned among the costly merchandiseof Tyre. Ezek. xxvii. 16. Pliny informs us, that thecoral was highly esteemed by the ancients, and saysthat the Indians value coral as we value pearls.(xxxii. 2.) 16 THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM. Many productions of the vegetable kingdom are no-ticed in the Scriptures; many herbs and trees arealluded to; and it is desirable that the reader shouldunderstand them, in order to appreciate the allusions,or the full meaning of the passages wherein they arementioned. Plants are all more or less important tomen and animals ; and of some, the productions havebeen deemed in all ages of the highest value—the sus-tenance of man and the domestic beasts of labour de-pending upon them. We allude to the grains, or corn,of various kinds of g
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