SECTION IX. 179 



Though the Cowries are found in im- 

 menfc abundance in the recent or living 

 ftate, they are very rarely found foffil ; 

 and as they lofe their colours when in 

 the foffil ftate, it is impoffible to determine 

 whether any of them are Species yet un- 

 difcovered recent. However, the kinds 

 found foffil near Turin, and in France, 

 feem to be well known in the recent ftate, 

 PI. III. fig. I, 2, a Cowry, or Cyprea, 

 fliewn on both fides. 



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