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CONCHOLOGY, 



SECTION I. 



TH E ftudy of Shells, or teftaceous 

 animals, is a branch of Natural 

 Hiflory, though not greatly ufeful in 

 human oeconomy, yet perhaps, by the 

 infinite beauties of the fubjeds it treats 

 of, is adapted to recreate the fenfes, and 

 infenfibly to lead the amazed admirer into 

 the contemplation of the glory of the 

 Divinity, in their creation. 



Shells feem to form a part of the 

 Creation, not fo immediate to the ufe of 



B mankind ; 



