THE 



ELEMENTS 



OF 



CONCHOLOGY. 



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CONCHOLOGY, is the science by 

 which shells, or testaceous bodies, are 

 properly arranged into systenaatic 

 order. 



On the face of our globe, the num- 

 ber of Natural Bodies, is so immense, 

 that, on a general view, the human 

 mind recoils from the investigation of 

 them as impossible. But since the 

 invention of systems, the task now 

 appears at once practicable ; and, 

 indeed, every object can be traced, 

 with certainty and facility, to its pro- 

 per place in the System of Nature. 



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