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XI. Description of some Fossil Shells found in Hampshire, 
By William Pilkington, Esq. F.A.S. § L.S. 
Read May 3, 1803. 
KJn looking over the excellent collection of Hampshire Fossil 
Shells made by the indefatigable hand of my friend Mr. J. T. 
Swain-son, Fellow of this Society* in his frequent visits to Hord- 
well Cliff, and observing several, which from accurate examination 
of the plates published by Mr. Brander, and of the descriptions 
on this subject made by our most celebrated naturalists, appeared 
never to have been either figured or described, it occurred to me 
that it might not be thought unacceptable to the Linnean Society 
if I attempted to lay before them sketches of a few of such of 
these Fossils (with a specific character of each shell) as presented 
themselves to be most strikingly different from those heretofore 
made public. Intelligence, however insignificant in itself, may 
be of some utility to natural history under the patronage of an 
institution professedly formed for bringing to light objects the 
most trifling, as well as those which nature has appeared to be 
more particularly proud of distinguishing as works of admiration. 
Tab. XI. Fig. 1. 
Voluta (Anglica) testa oblongo-ovata, oblique striata, columella 
biplicata. 
Testa .$. poll, longa, 4 poll. lata. 
Anfractus tres. 
Fig. 2. 
