Periwinkle. o3 
PERIWINKLE. 
This is the commonest representative which we 
have of the family Turbinide, which comprehends, 
according to Cuvier, all the species 
which have the shell completely and 
regularly turbinated—that is, if we 
translate the Latin word into English, 
twisted. The little Periwinkle (here 
he is) is by no means a handsome mollusk, but 

some of his relatives are very beautiful, as we 
shall presently show. He is called by naturalists 
T’. littoreus—from littoralis, belonging to the shore 
—and is often eaten by boys and girls with great 
relish; but he is not very digestible, and sometimes 
occasions dangerous disorders. The Swedish pea- 
sants believe that when the periwinkle crawls high 
upon the rocks, a storm is brewing from the south ; 
but Linnzeus quotes a Norwegian author to show 
that according to popular belief, it foretells the 
approach of a land wind with a calm on shore. 
Man may learn much of elemental changes from an 
observation of the movements and habits of all 
living creatures, which are instructed by God to 
provide for their safety and wants, and often per- 
