NORTH AMERICAN CONCHOLOGY. 425 



[Proceedings of the Araer. Phil. Society of Philad. — continued. ] 



AiBtfSaony. — On the Byssus of Unio: By John G. Anthony, 

 Esq. With Notes by J. E. Gray, Esq. (From Annals and 

 Magazine of Nat. Hist. London, Sept., 1840. Vol. vi, p. T7.) 



Woo*!, TSiOBBlSOBl, JLa Hontan, &C. — In the descrip- 

 tions of New England, Virginia, and other parts of North 

 America, published in the seventeenth and eighteenth centu- 

 ries, occur many notices of the Shells of the country. Of no 

 scientific value, they are still interesting to the Conchologist. 

 As samples, I quote the following: — 



Anonymous. — A perfect description of Virginia; being a full and true 

 Relation of the present State of the Plantation, their Health, Peace, and 

 Plenty ; the number of people, with their abundance of Cattell, Fowl, 

 Fish, &c. &c. &c. London: Printed for Richard Wodenoth, at the 

 Star, under Peter's Church, in Cornhill. 1G49. 



Page. 

 18 Fish are there in their kinde, above Thirty sorts: — 



No. 28. Oysters. 

 No. 29. Cockles. 

 No. 30. Mussles. 



