Xii INTRODUCTION. 



on this subject, %Titli strongly recom- 

 mending the reader, whenever oppor- 

 tunity occurs, as ships loading, refresh- 

 ing, &c. to employ the fishermen on 

 the coast to collect for him; these men 

 are well acquainted with the places 

 where shells may be found, and for a tri- 

 lling remuneration would gather a sup- 

 ply, w hich, on his return home, might 

 gratify his friends, or otherwise be turned 

 to advantage. 



It would also amply repay him, to 

 hire an expert negro to go into the ul- 

 terior in quest of Land-shells; for, al- 

 though the animal be a snail, with his 



