CHAPTER I. 



On Cleaning and Packing Shells. 



SHELLS frequently receive considerable inju- 

 ry, and sometimes are entirely spoiled, by the 

 attempts of unskilful persons to clean them*. 

 It is therefore of essential consequence that the 

 following observations be most strictly attend- 

 ed to. 



# The sailors of whale ships often grind down the fine epi- 

 dermis of rare shells, on the voyage home, to make them look 

 pretty. 



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