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Barbadoes, are covered with Cyprae, Chama, and Buccinum; and at St. 

 Domingo, there are found all the same species of shells that we have from the 

 East Indies, but not so fine, the colors being pale and dead. The Pearl 

 Oyster is found on this coast, but smaller than in the Persian Gulf. About 

 Canada are found the Violet Chama?, and the lakes of that country abound 

 with muscles of very elegant pale blue and red colors. The great bank 

 of Newfoundland is nearly destitute of shells: the principal kind found 

 there, are muscles of considerable beauty. The island of Magellan, at the 

 southern point of America, furnishes us with a very remarkable species of 

 muscle, and several very elegant species of limpets. The coast of Tranque- 

 bar is very rich in shells. We find there a vast variety of the large Cypraea, 

 many of great beauty. Besides these and many other shells, there are found, 

 on this coast, all the species of Nautili, many of which are very fine. The 

 Canary Isles abound with a vast variety of Murices, and some other good 

 shells, and we have from Madeira a great variety of the Echini different from 

 those of the European Seas. Sea Ears are nowhere more abundant than at 

 Madeira. The Red Sea, above all other parts of the world, abounds in 

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The Mediterranean also abounds much more in shells than the ocean. 

 The Gulf of Tarentum affords great variety of Murices, Cypraea, Nautili, and 

 elegant oysters. The coasts of Naples and Sardinia afford the same, and 

 also a vast number of Solens, of all the known species. The island of Sicily 

 is famous for a very elegant kind of oyster, which is perfectly white. Pin- 

 nae and Cypraea are also found in great plenty there, with Tellinae and 

 Chamae of many species, and a great variety of other beautiful shells. About 

 Syracuse, are found elegant Snails, in great variety. Corsica is famous, be- 

 yond all other places, for the Pinna, and many other beautiful shells. 

 About Anaconda, are found vast quantities of the Pholades, buried in stone. 

 Sea Ears are frequently found about Pezzaoli (Buccinumree.) The ports 

 of Marseilles and Toulon are full of Pinnae, Mitili, Tellinae, and Chamae. The 

 coasts of Bretagne afford great numbers of the Lepas, Anatiferra, and Pholas. 

 At Grainville, in lower Normandy, are very beautiful Pectens, and some of 

 the Cordiform shells. On most of the English coasts, are found Sea Ears 

 and Dentalia, with Pectens, and elegant varieties of the Tellinae. Chamae are 

 fished up about Scarborough. Ireland affords Pectens in abundance, and 

 the Pholades are frequent on most of the shores; also, a great variety of the 

 Buccina, and some Volutae; on the Guernsey coast, a particularly beautiful 



