described andjigured. 

 50 



56$ 



We have obtained, at Scarborough, three specimens of this, 

 in every sense of the word gigantic, prize. It was first placed 

 among our native shells by Donovan ; but its claim to British 



parentage has been subsequently disputed. To some of the 

 fishermen of our coast it appears to be well known by the 

 name of the " bacca-box," from a fancied resemblance to one 

 of their most useful household gods. They were all caught 



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