Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Letters From the South, Vol. 2 of 2
French African Company - Coral - Ancient opinions respecting it - Natural History of Coral - Period of the Coral Fishery in the Mediterranean - Mode of fishing it up - Remarks of Spallanzani - Sicilian Coral Fishers - History of the French Coral F ishery - Estimated revenue that might be derived from its cultivation Supply from the Red Sea - Coral much esteemed among the Orientals - Formation of Coral Reefs Remarkable properties of the Coral Insect.
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