of the Batable Clam of New Yori. 289 
iag delicuie shades of bluish or violet to the : apRosie muscil- 
lari per OR and thence along | to the 1 iad 
C. with still deeper purple 
aha see around the inside of the shel pate 
Var. 7. C.of a huge size, more han three inches and 
iis quarters long, nat more than four inches and a quarter 
; whose purple beautifully encircles the white almos 
ae round, though with a deeper or more intense stain near 
the prominent angle. see 
Var. . a still larger size, and with stronger and Sap: 
er colourin eae about four inches i ie four inches 
and « eae 
pe 
verte in: the trade can form a sects correct t juc 
from their aspect and physiognomy, from what : 
were brought. Among the ieties 
nomination are these : oe ae 
Var. 1. C. from Shrewsbury on this Tetabydoaat™ 
Var. 2. C. from Pelican Bar, 
Var. 3. C. from Fire Island, ¢ South side of L. Island, 
From the north side of 
Long Island; which are 
| reckoned the best that 
Var. 4, C. from Flushing bay, (are brought to market, 
ee 5. C. from eels and 
‘Phe market of New York cy is regul 
clams, of which the ne Bolan ead . 
raw nwa ek, wey at the stale in the nieces after the manner of 
Laois to which many lovers of these crude relishes gid 
Vot. X.—No. 2, 37 
