66 C O N C H O L O G Y. 



The cclleclor mufi likewife have fome 

 judgment in the picking of fuch Shells, 

 for fometimes they are found, though alive 

 or with the fifli in them, bad, or worn 

 through age, pierced with worms, or other 

 accidents, which makes them yellow, li- 

 vid, and imperfect. 



All fpecies of Shell-fifli, like other ani- 

 jmals, have their particular or peculiar re- 

 forts ; fbme are pelagian, or inhabit only 

 the deeps of the fea, others keep in lefs 

 depths ; fome in Ihallows and in bays ; and 

 fome are even littoral, or inhabit the very 

 Ihores, 



However, let their refort be what it 

 Xvill, get the Shells from the deeper parts 

 of thofe reforts ; for, if in too fliallow 

 w^ater, they are more expofed to the fun, 

 or other accidents, v/hich hurt them much. 



It has been obferved, that as fine fpecies 

 ^s any arc met with in narrow ftraits be- 

 tween 



