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Note », page 23, line 9. 

 Enjoy the freshness of the breeze, 

 Bulla ! that wafts thee o'er the seas. 

 The genus Bulla, is aptly named from its similarity to a bubble. 

 The Bulla Lignaria, and probablj those of most of the genus, is 

 furnished with an organ exactly resembling the gizzard of a fowl, 

 and which it appears to use for the purpose of masticating its 

 food. — Linmeus. 



Note *, page 24, line 4. 



Votula! such desires to heal , 



Dost thou compassionatelii feel. 



Voluta Musica. Linnasus describes it a shell with numerous 



transverse bands, composed of parallel brown lines, between 



which are dots and marks resembling in some measure musical 



notes. 



Note ", page 23, line 14. 

 And, ah ! perchance his vesture dyed. 

 Who bled on Calvary. 

 And they clothed Him with purple Sec. Mark, c. xv, 17. — 20. 

 And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him. 

 The Buccinum Purpura is alluded to. It has two horns like 

 those of the common snail, but the eyes, instead of being at the 

 extremities are situated in thje centre of each. It is by nature a 

 rover, and one of the most voracious inhabitants of the deep, 

 while its relative, the stationary Murex, generally adheres to 

 rocks or stones. These dissimilar shell fish furnished the gor- 

 geous purple of Imperial Tyre. It is recorded, that the ancients 

 were originally indebted to a shepherd's dog, having stained his 

 mouth of such a colour, by the breaking of one of these shells on 

 the sea shore, as to excite the admiration of all who saw it, and 



