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the Roman is preferred. The accented syllable is indicated in 
the text. 
The most merciful way to kill living mollusks is to place 
them in a basin and pour water nearly boiling hot, over them. 
They die almost instantly, and may be removed with a knife 
or pin. If quite small, they need not be removed from the 
shell. The operculum or plate which closes the aperture of 
Gastropod shells, should be kept with the shell. Bivalves 
should be tied together until dry, so that the valves will not 
be broken apart. 
