MONOGRAPH 



OF THE GENUS 



FISSURELLA 



Art's finest pencil coiUd but rudely nuick 

 The painted Limpets broidered ou a rock, 

 And those gay wateiy grots he woidd explore, 



Small excavations ou a rocky shore. 

 That seem like fairy baths or mimic wells, 

 Richly embossed Hith weeds and choicest shells, 



As if her trinkets Nature chose to liidc 

 Where nought invaded but the flowing tide. — Tay 



