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~The Natural Hiftory of JAM AIC A. 
I had it from Famaica, It is alfo found near Cartagena in America, 
and in great Plenty on the Shores of the Leeward Part of Barbados, 
where they are eaten and tafte like Tripe. They likewife there make 
Lime of them. 
Il. Idem minas. 
This is perhaps not differing but only the younger ones of the former, It 
is not ftriated nor of fo fine a red Colour within, but otherwife the fame. 
I had it with the former. 
Ill. Baccinum ampullaceum friatum, clavicala muricata apertura leviter 
purpurafcente. Lift. Hifi. Conthyl. Tab. 886, Fig.7. Idem grandioribus 
muvicibus, ¢ pictura quadam magis undata diftinitum. Tab. 808. Fig. g. 
c& Tab. 887. No.8. Murex Famaicenfis, fafciata, nodofa. Pet. cat. clafs. 
ce top. Fig. §79. Mem. Cur, Ann, 1708. p. 189. No.6. Marbled Fa- 
maica Murex with knotty Twirls. Gaz. Nat. Tab. 74. No. 1. Marex 
coronatus, Bon. p. 153. No. 288. Muf. Kércher. p. 468. No. 289. 
This which was a midling fiz’d Shell of its kind was about fix Inches 
long, two broad, about the Middle where broadeft, and whence it taper’d 
to the End of the Mouth and Clavicle. It was alfo two Inches high in the 
higheft Places when laid on its Mouth. It had about fix or feven Cir- 
cumvolutions, on the upper Ends of which towards the Apex were 
extant blunt Points hollow within. All the Circumvolutions were 
ftriated lengthways, it was white on the outfide and within fhining, 
and by the Mouth it was purplifh or reddifh. , 
They arefound plentifully in the Seas adjoining to Jamaica. 
That mentioned by Mr. Petiver is, as he fays, the fmalleft of its 
Kind. 
IV. Baccinum recurvirostrum, claviculatum, flriatum & afperum. Lift, 
Hit. Conchyl, Tab. 1018. Fig. 80. 3 
This is about an Inch long, half an Inch im Diameter near the 
Mouth, whence it taper’d to the End. It hath a round Mouth, in 
one Corner of which is a crooked Bill or Roffram. It is white all 
over excepting fome thin brown Clouds, and all the Cirumvolutions 
which are about fix in Number, have Srie and extant Points running 
lengthways. | ia) : ha 
1 found it on the Shores in Famaica. 
‘V. Buccinum recurviroftrum, ventricofum, labro pulvinato variegatum, 
ffriatuum & afperum. Lift. Hift. Conchyl. Tab. 1001. Fig. 66. Burfa fa- 
maicenfis vulgaris imbricata. Pet. Mem. Cur. Ann. 1708. p. 190. No. 20. 
Caffidum Spectes 3. Rumph. Tab. 23. Fig. 3. p. 81. Cochlea ovi figdram ex- 
primens. Bon. p.132. No. 162. Maf. Karcher, P: 458 No. 163. 
This Shell is about two Inches and a half long from one End of 
the Mouth to the other, refembling, in’a great Meafure, the Coache 
Veneris, having a Slit or Mouth tooth’d on each Side, with a crooked 
Ending and a Cavity as a Bill or Tongue. The Circumvolations 
are little extant ‘on the further End, in Number about fix. The 
Mouth on one fide hath a Welt, on which are dark brown Spots, 
and fromthe Mouth tothe Top of the firft Voluta ’tis about an Inch 
and 
