The natural history of Barbados : in ten books . Book IX. IJlandof BARBADOS 2. O F CORALS. THOUGH thefe, in general, are Vegetables \ yet we are not to lookupon them among the loweft Clafs of this Kind, becaufe they bear,at leafl here, neither Leaves, Flowers, nor Fruit, having likewife their Con-fiftences To brittle, that they are neither malleable, nor any ways pliable :However, their innumerable Shoots and Branches are not void of Beauty,nor ufelefs in medicinal Preparations ; the white Sort being, when pul-verized, efteemed good to free the Stomach from acid four Juices; andthe red Coral i
The natural history of Barbados : in ten books . Book IX. IJlandof BARBADOS 2. O F CORALS. THOUGH thefe, in general, are Vegetables \ yet we are not to lookupon them among the loweft Clafs of this Kind, becaufe they bear,at leafl here, neither Leaves, Flowers, nor Fruit, having likewife their Con-fiftences To brittle, that they are neither malleable, nor any ways pliable :However, their innumerable Shoots and Branches are not void of Beauty,nor ufelefs in medicinal Preparations ; the white Sort being, when pul-verized, efteemed good to free the Stomach from acid four Juices; andthe red Coral is not lefs efficacious in flopping Fluxes : From theGrowth of thefe, we may likewife obferve, that Providence is not tieddown in its Operations to mechanical Rules: For among Vegetables,which flourifh upon the theSurfaceof theEarth, all our Art and Contrivanceare in vain, unlefs we can procure them either natural or artificial Heat^and a Communication of Air ; whereas thefe grow to a great Length inabove forty Fathom Water, where the Heat of the Sun cannot penetrate. I fhal
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