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350 An Account of the Pearl Fifhery at Ceylon. 
to which ferpule (fea tubes) Tubuli marini irregulariter in- 
torti, Crifla-gali Chamar lazuras, Lepas tintinabulum, Ma-— 
dreporee, Millipore, Cellipore, Gorgonta, Spongie, and other 
Zoophytes are faftened, have arrived at their full growth, 
and commonly contain the beft pearls; but thofe that appear 
fmooth, contain either none, or fmall ones only. 
Were a naturalift to make an excurfion for a few months 
to Mandar, the fmall ifland near Jafna, and the adjacent 
coaft, he would difeover many natural curiofities ftill buried 
in obfcurity, or that have never been accurately defcribed. 
Indeed no place in the Eaft Indies abounds more with 
rare fhells than thefe; for there they remain undifturbed, by 
being fheltered from turbulent feas, and the fury of the furf. 
T will juft name a few of them; viz. Tellina foliaca Linn*, 
Fell Spenglerii, Arca culculata}, Arca Noe, folen anatinus 
Linn. Offrea Ifognomum, Terebullum, aibidum, flriatum, 
Turb fealaris t, Bula volva Linn.§, Vevxillum ingritarum, 
&c. Amongtft the beautiful cone fhells; conus thalaffiar- 
ehus Anglicanus cullatus ||, amadis thaffiarchus con. gene- 
ralcis Linn. ¢. capitaneus§, c. miles**, c. frercus mufca- 
rumtt, ¢. reteaureum, c. glaucustt, c. cereola, regia co- 
rona, murus lapidius, cauda erminea, focietas cordium. There 
are many others befides thofe already mentioned, equally va-_ 
luable and curious. 
The great fuccefs of the Rey. Doétor John in conchology 
when at Tutucorin, and affifted by G. Angelbeck, with a 
boat and divers; and the capital collections made by his 
agents, whom he afterwards fent there with the neceffary 
inftruétions and apparatus, may be feen in Chemnitz’s ele- 
gant Cabinet of Shells in 4to, (with illunnnated plates) ; and 
how many new fpecies of Zoophytes he difcovered, we learn . 
from another German work by Efper at Erlangen, the third 
volume of which is nearly finifhed, 
* The golden tong. + Mounk{cape. t Royal ftaircafe, 
§ Weaver's hutrle. _ || Red Englith admiral. 
a Green ftamper- ** Garter ftamper. 
+ Great fand {tamper. tt Capf, Gottw, 
VII, Acted 
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