INDEX. 



INTRODTCTIOX. 



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WTiat are Shells . . . . . . , . iii 



Conchology .'....... iv 



Beauty and Value of Shells ..... vi 



Uses of Shells . . . . . , . . viii 



The Inhabitants of Shells ^^ • . . . . xi 



Malacology ...'..... ib 



Classification of Shells . . . . ' . . . xii 



Taking and Preserving Shells ..... xiii 



The Cabinet . . . .* . . . . ih 



On Cleaning and Polishing Shells .... xv 



Fossil Shells ........ ib 



UNIVALVES. 



The Common Snail . . . . . ., 18 



Fresh-water Shells 23 



The "Whelk 26 



Rock Shells '^ . . 27 



Periwinkle 29 



Trochus, or Top- Shell 31 



Cones, Volutes, Mitres, and Olives . . . . 35 



Cowries ......... 38 



