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 " You frown not on the ividow poor," 

 It IS no uncommon practice for poor women to collect shells on 

 the sea coast, that have been left by the tide, or thrown asliore 

 by the waves, as well as land shells, and it is surprising, ignorant 

 as they generally are, how soon they acquire a knowledge of their 

 generic and specific names. Many have been employed by ladies 

 to collect shells, many urged by poverty collect them as a means 

 of obtaining food, and present them for sale in the street. The 

 author has observed several of these poor women, with many 

 beautiful specimens of English shells, which they offered for less 

 than a shilling, and these shells must have cost them perhaps 

 two or three days' fatiguing search. 



