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the limpets and chitons were fine and of large 
dimensions. 
PROCEEDING northward, along the whole 
extent of coast, which forms the Bay of Ben- 
gal, it is surprising that only one shell, a little 
black Nerite, which is said ta be found in the 
Hoogly, a branch of the Ganges, should have 
arrived in Great Britain from that country.— 
And it is still more astonishing, that we have 
received, from the interior of India, so few 
land or fresh-water shells, when we consider 
the extent of our possessions in that peninsula, 
and the number of intelligent officers belong- 
ing to our numerous military establishments. 
The French are much richer in the produc- 
tions of India: indeed, their officers and mer- 
chants have at all times paid particular atten- 
tion to the various departments of natural his- 
tory. 
