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fhrivels and falls off after it has been for fome time expofed to 

 the fun and the weather, and (hews its interior chefnut-hue. 

 They may be gathered from the lize of a fmall cockle to that of 

 a pretty large fcallop. The flfh is well tailed. The judicious and 

 admired Mantuan, in his Syftem of Huibandry, recommends the 

 putting conch-mells, rough and iquaiid, under the roots of new 

 planted trees, to drain the water from them. They alfo anfwcr 

 a higher life. Their alcaline falts deftroy the acidincs of the 

 earth, forward vegetation, warm and ftrengthen the Lbres, give 

 a fine bark, and vigour and health to trees. He might have 

 this advantage in his eye, though he does not mention it. 



Squalentes infide Conchas. VIRG. Geo. 2. v. 348. 



13. The 'white, ivry-beaked, Jlnated Conch (k), is frequent on the 

 fliore near Rofs-lmks. The (hell is ftrong and thick; the ftrise 

 deep, tranfverfe, and irregular; the interior extreme margin 

 ferrated. 



14. The thick Orange and "white Jlnated Conch is fometimes ob- 

 ferved and gathered on the fame fliore. The furrows are white, 

 tranfverfe, and horizontal, parallel to the margin ; the ridges a 

 deep orange, with intermediate fmaller ones of a bright white, 

 very beautiful. 



15. 16, 17. TllC fmall, fmooth Conch ivith red and white Fillets, and 

 \h& fmall fmooth Conch 'with bright yellow and ivhite Fillets, are fre- 

 quent on the mores near Dniridge and Holy- I/land ; alfo theftaalt, 

 fmooth, -white Conch, tinged -with red. They are ftrong and thick 

 (hells for their fizc, not bigger than a fmall bean. 



(k) Curviroftrum Sulcis five Striis tranfvcrfis profunde infignicum. 



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