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To Madeira

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of which we took another species who had no beauty to boast, but this which we called opalinum shone in the water with all the splendor & variety of colours that we observe in a real opal; he livd in the Glass of salt water in which he was put for examination several hours, darting about with great agility, & at every motion shewing an almost infinite variety of changeable colours. Towards the Evening of this day a new phaenomenon appeard, the sea was almost coverd with a small species of Crabbs Cancer depurator of Linnaeus, floating upon the surface of the surface of the water, & moving themselves with tolerable agility, as if the surface of the water & not the bottom was their Proper station. but here again as usual our casting net was of great service, we took with it as many as were wanted, & went to bed well contented with the Produce of the day.

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