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PLATE XXXI. 



Essex, Sussex, and many other of the Englifli shores as well as in 

 Scotland, the Orkneys and many of the Irish shores also. On die 

 Dorset coast it is rare. 



It is frequently drawn up with oysters, and is sometimes eaten ; 

 but as it is coarse food, it more commonly farnifhes bait to fiflier- 

 men. 



The largest shells of this sort, found in our seas^ sometimes ex- 

 ceeds five inches in length ; it is a strong, thick, and heavy shell ; of 

 a whirifli colour on the outfide ; within of a most lovely yellow, 

 inclining to orange, smooth, and very glofly. 



