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and Sardinia, also afford an exquisite variety 
of Nautili, Porcelains, and Oysters, of all hues: 
the island of Sardinia is celebrated for a fine 
species of white Oyster; and Corsica, Majorca, and 
Minorca, for the Pinna Marina, the silk-worm of the 
ocean. 
Magnificent Gondolas abound on the coasts of 
Syracuse; and around Ancona, the Pholades espe- 
cially delights to burrow. 
Spain and Portugal yield a variety of shells, 
similar to those of India, but of fainter colours, and 
inferior in beauty. The Baltic affords some fine 
specimens, especially an orange-coloured Pecten, un- 
known in any other part of the world. 
We might speak more at length respecting the 
marine deposits on the coasts of Cayenne, with those 
of Madeira and Magellan; that the most beautiful 
specimen of the Trampet-shell, and the Midas-ear, 
has been discovered on the former; that the Auris 
Marina, is abundant in the second, and that the rare 
Pyramidal Muscle is common to the third: but the 
instances we have already cited, will suffice to shew, 
that shells, as well as animals and plants, have their 
localities ; and that some specimens of great beauty, 
appear as if restricted to certain portions of the 
globe. 
Such, then, are a few of the localities of the shell 
