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like a bishop's cap, and that is what its name means. 

 The general color of the shell is white, but there are 

 large bright red and yellow spots all over it.- 



"There are two rows of spots nearly a fourth of 

 an inch square. Just above these there is a row of 

 smaller spots, and again above that there is a row 

 of much larger spots which are all different shapes. 

 Then, on the next whorl, there is a row of the small 

 spots, and above that there is a row of five-sided 

 spots. Below the row that I first described there is 

 one rather large line of spots, and below that the 

 lines are so near together that they run into each 

 other. The last two whorls look as if they were made 

 of glass. 



" This shell has very fine lines running parallel to 

 the suture, which run just as the spots do from whorl 

 to whorl. This shell is very thick and heavy. It 

 weighs 1468 grains. Like all other shells, it is com- 

 posed of oxygen 48 per cent., calcium 40 per cent., 

 and carbon 12 per cent. It is found on the shores 

 of Ceylon, in shallow water not more than a hundred 

 feet deep." Ellen. 



Botany. 



"We are studying a very interesting little plant 

 this morning which belongs to the Rose Family. 

 This is a very large and important family of useful 



