a gale, the beach is strewed with numberless 

 odd valves, and broken specimens of rare vari- 

 eties; and, strange as it may appear, I have 

 seen a box full of valves, from this coast, out 

 of which a true pair could not be formed. 



THE negroes who trade to Sierra Leon, have 

 been induced to bring land shells from the in- 

 terior ; but, as they often apply fire to the shell, 

 in order to drive the animal out, they are there- 

 by much injured, and often entirely spoiled. 



FROM Cape Palmas, the Gold coast, and Bight 

 of Benin, and from the rocks and islands in the 

 vicinity, more particularly Annabona and St. 

 Thomas's, and the coast of Loango, many rare 

 shells have arrived. We know but little of 

 the shells found in the Congo or the interior, 

 but it is probable that many species unknown 

 to us are produced there. We have seen 

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