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IN NATURE, vol. xxvii. p. 531, there is a mention by Mr. J. Rand Capron of foam balls. These are common on the coast of the Northern United States, especially of a cold dry day, when, if there be much wind, these huge foam balls, which may reach a diameter of two feet or more, are rolled up the beach. Their weight soon changes their form, so that at last they present the appearance of long white rolls of sparkling foam. This singular appearance was first described in verse, so far as I know, by Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, of Philadelphia. The verse, as I recall it—I quote from memory—is this:—
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