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the limpets and chitons were fine and of large 

 dimensions. 



PROCEEDING northward, along the whole 

 extent of coast, which forms the Bay of Ben- 

 gal, it is -surprising that only one shell, a little 

 black Nerite, which is said to be found in the 

 Hoogly, a branch of the Ganges, should have 

 arrived in Great Britain from that country. 

 And it is still more astonishing, that we have 

 received, from the interior of India, so few 

 land or fresh-water shells, when we consider 

 the extent of our possessions in that peninsula, 

 and the number of intelligent officers belong- 

 ing to our numerous military establishments. 

 The French are much richer in the produc- 

 tions of India : indeed, their officers and mer- 

 chants have at all times paid particular atten- 

 tion to the various departments of natural his- 

 tory. 



