HALIOTIS. 127 



" Ormer/^ and often cooked and eaten ; but, being " beaten 

 to make them tender," only present another example of the 

 principle asserted already of three things, that 



" The more you beat tliem, the better they be." 



But as we are not abundantly supplied with molluscs of 

 great magnificence, and as specimens of this one have been 

 reported British, we are content, in this instance, '' to own 

 the tough impeachment/' 



