CHAPTER II. 
Localities of Shells, &c. 
SHELL-FISH are generally esteemed for food, 
and a great variety are to be found in the mar- 
kets of almost every sea-port, both abroad and at 
home: at Billingsgate, Portsmouth, Plymouth, 
&c. we have our periwinkles or whelks, mus- 
cles, cockles, scallops, gapers, and oysters; the 
same species are also exposed for sale in the 
markets abroad, but they differ from those 
which are found on the English coasts. The 
pectens, scallops, cockles, &c. from France and 
