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Show [ 4~ ] Her Jecret vows the Cyprian Queen approves, And hovering Halcyons guard her infant-loves; Each in his floating cradle round they throng, And dimpling Ocean bears the fleet along.- 410 Thus o'er the waves, which gently bend and fwell, Fair GALA TEA fleers her iilver fhcll ; Her playful Dolphins firetch the fi.lken rein, .Hear her fweet voice, and glide along the main. As round the wild tneanclring coa!l: fhe moves By guihing rills, rude cliffs, and nodding groves ; Each by her pine the W ood-ny1nphs wave their locks, And wondering Naiads peep amid the rocks! 420 Pleafed trains of Mennaids rife from coral cells ; Admiring Tritons found their twi!l:ed fhells ; Charm'd o'er the car purfuing Cupids {weep, Their fnow-white pinions twinkling in the deep ; of air was immerfed a very great depth in the ocean, it would be fo much comprclfed, as to become fpecifically ag heavy as the water, and would remain there. It is probable the unfortunate Mr. Day, who was drowned in a diving-fhip of his own confl:ruB:ion, mifcarried from not ,attending to this circumil:ance: it is probable the quantity of air he took down with him, if he defcended much lower than he expeB:ed, was condenfed into fo fmall a fpace as not to render the fhip buoyant when he endeavoured to afcend. [ 43 ] And, as the lufl:re of her eye ilie turns, Soft :Gghs the Gale, and amorous Ocean burns. On DovE's green brink the fair rREMELLA :fiood, And view' d her playful image in the flood ; To each rude rock, lone dell, and echoing grove Sung the f weet forrows of her fecret love. 430 Tremella. I. 427. Clandeil:ine marriage. I have freqm:ntly obferved fungulfes of this Genus on old rails and on the ground to become a tranfparent jelly, after they had been frozen in autumnal mornings; which is a curious property, and di!l:inguifhes them from fome other vegetable mucilage; for I have obferved that the pa!l:e, made by boiling wheat-flour in water, ceafes to be adhefive after having been frozen. I fufpeB:ed that the Tremella Noil:oc, or il:ar-gelly, alfo had been thus produced; but have fince been well informed, that the Tremella Noil:oc is a mucilage voided by Herons after they have eaten frogs; hence it has the appearance of having been preffed through a hole; and limbs of frogs are [aid fometimes to be found amongil: it ; it is always feen upon plains, or by the fides of water, places which Herons generally frequent. Some of the funguffes are fo acrid, that a drop of their juice bliil:ers the tongue; others intoxicate thofe who eat them. The O!l:iacks in Siberia ufe them for the latter purpofe; one fungus of the fpecies Agaricus Mufcarum, eaten raw, or the decoB:ion of three of them, produces intoxication for 12 or 16 hours. Hiflory of Ruflia, "· I. Nichols. 1780. As all acrid plants become lefs fo, if expofed to a boiling heat, it is; probable the common mufhroom may fometimes difagree from being not fufficiently il:ewed. The Ofliacks bli!l:cr their fkin by a fungus found on Birch-trees; and ufe the Agaricus officin. for Soap. lb. There was a difpute whether the funguffes fhould be clalfed in the animal or vegetable department. Their animal tafle in cookery, and their animal fmell when burnt, together with their tendency to putrefaction, infomuch that the Phallus impudicus has gained the name of il:ink-horn ; and lail:ly, their growing and continuing healthy without light, as the Licoperdon tuber or truffie, and the fungus vinofus or mucor in dark cellars, and the efculent mufhrooms on beds cove;ed thick with il:raw, would feem to lhew that they approach towards the animals, or make a kind of iil:hmus connecting the two mighty kingdoms of animal and of vegetable nature. G2 |