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shells should be put, generally separatel}^ into 

 a box or bottle — with or without cotton, as 

 required. Such packets may be heaped up in 

 any box, heavy shells at the bottom, without 

 pressure, and any blank filled at the top with 

 paper or other elastic material. Sawdust injures 

 the lustre of many species. 



Two books on shells should be procured at 

 an early stage of the collector's career, which 

 will give not only minute descriptions of all 

 our land and freshwater shells and their varieties, 

 but also plates of illustrations. These are the 

 Collector's Manual, by L. E. Adams, 2nd ed., 

 published by Taylor Brothers of Leeds ; and 

 Rimmers' Land and Fresh Water Shells, published 

 by George Grant of Edinburgh. 



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