WHELKS, ETC. Mies. 
a sight worth seeing. Care should be taken to 
keep them with their mouths downwards, and from 
the sun and light, or their brilliant colours will 
soon fade.” * 
I must not omit to mention also, the more 
homely, but at the same time, more useful Spindles 
and Whelks of our own shores. The former genus 
(Fusus) is remarkable for the size of its members. 
F’. antiquus, the largest of British univalves, being 
frequently found six and occasionally seven inches 
in length. This shell is used by the mhabitants 
WHELK. 
of the Shetland Isles as a lamp, suspended horizon- 
tally by a cord, the ample cavity being made to hold 
the oil, and the wick projecting from the canal, The 
* Penn. Cyclop.; art. ENTOMOSTOMATA. 
