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LETTER V. 
UNIVALVES. 
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To gather shells and pebbles on the shore, is not, 
my friend, a frivolous pursuit: Cicero, whom Seneca 
designates as a genius, ‘‘equal to the majesty of 
Rome,” draws a delightful picture of the rural occupa- 
tions of Scipio and Lelius, at Caieta and Laurentum, 
when, retired from the restless pursuits of interest 
and ambition, they grew young in their amusements, 
and again derived pleasure from gathering shells on 
