CHAPTER II. 



Localities of Shells, $c. 



SHELL-FISH are generally esteemed for food, 

 and a great variety are to be found in the mar- 

 kets of almost every sea-port, both abroad and at 

 home : at Billingsgate, Portsmouth, Plymouth, 

 &c we have our periwinkles or whelks, mus- 

 cles, cockles, scallops, gapers, and oysters; the 

 same species are also exposed for sale in the 

 markets abroad, but they differ from those 

 which are found on the English coasts. The 

 pectens, scallops, cockles, &c. from France and 



