IV. 



unless very elaborate, to convey a just or accurate 

 idea of their exquisite beauty ; I have, therefore, 

 contented myself with choosing some of the sim- 

 ]3lest specimens in the Linneean an-angement, for 

 plates, A\'liich describe one in each order of the 

 class Testacea, according to that an-angement. 



N. B. The author acknowledges with pleasure, 

 and with gratitude, that she is much indebted to 

 *'Conchologist's Companion," by a lady, for many 

 of her notes. 



