174 Dr. M axon's and Mr. Uackett's 



tainly than w]ien he is presented with only one view of a shell. 

 This advantage seems to have been pai'ticularl}^ attended to by 

 Gualtieri, who may be considered as having given excellent hints 

 to ichniographists; for his figures arenoAvhere unnecessarily mul- 

 tiplied (which is more than can be said in praise of Seba), and 

 they have an obvious connexion Avith the moi'e satisfactory de- 

 termination of species. It is much to be lamented tluit in many 

 other Avorks, Avhich (except in this particular) are of high value, 

 his judicious example has been Avholly overlooked. 



BOrxLASE, 



the indefatigable historian of Cornwall, is to be applauded for 

 giAdng a pretty copious catalogue of the shells found in that 

 county, Avhich, from the position and extent of the shores, are very 

 numerous. His '28tli plate contains nearly thirty figures of Tes~ 

 tacea, and i\\Qy are very correct. The author displays but little 

 science in this branch of natural history, and his descriptions are 

 copied from some of the oldest Avriters on the subject. 



There are some good figures, accompanied by descriptions, of 

 several species of Lejjas, in the Philusop/iical Transactions. The 

 author of this description Avas 



JOHN ELLIS, 



Avell knoAvn by his elaborate Avork on Corallines; he addresses it 

 in a letter to Mr. Isaac Roinilly. 

 The figures of shells in 



EDWARDS 



. are referred to in the Systema Natura ; but they are very fcAv in 



number, and occupy only a secondary place in this author's 



" Gleanings." 



We 



