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18, 1-9, 20. The Telllna ivith Purple* yellotv, and white Fillet^ 

 and the Rofe-coloured Telllna ivith white Fillets, alfo the white Tellina 

 with Pearl-coloured Fillets, are frequent on die fhores near Wark- 

 -vjorth, Embleton, Rofs-Links, and Holy -IJl and > The fhells have a 

 high natural polifh. ; thofe of the two laft extremely light and 

 tender, finely formed for making fmali artificial flowers, 



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J have gathered moft of thefe Bivalve fhells with the fifties in 

 them. They inhumate themfclves in the Sands at ebb-tides, 

 .and on their reflux open their valves for food and pleafure. 



21. Thofe remarkable bivalves, the Pholades, which inhumate 

 themfelves in Stones, and live a reclufe hermit-kind of life, are 

 frequently brought on more in high fpring-tides and ilorms, 

 both with and without their flony habitations. Some of the 

 flones are large, ponderous, very hard, and of a livid colour. 

 I have obferved great numbers of them among the rocks at 

 Hartley, Blyth, and Alnmouth ; with both the large, white, firmed, 

 and the fmall and flender, Pbolades, in them, and other kinds. 

 The Italians call the ftones, Balle di Sa/o, and the fifh, B allure y or 

 Dattyli de Mare. The fimermen of Anc.ona take the ftones up at 

 fea, where they find them in great plenty, and keep them in the 

 harbour, to have the fim ready for the table. It is of a grateful 

 tafte, and valued next to a fcallop, or an oyfter*. 



Pectinated Bivalves, or Scallops, with the fifh in them, are rarely 

 obferved on our coaft. Single valves, both with equal and un- 

 equal ears, and others with ears fo fhort, as hardly to be per- 

 ceivable, are fometimes found on the fhores. 



* Ray's Topogr. Obferv. Vol. i. p. 323. 



22. I met 



