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WESTERN SERIES OF READERS. 



Figure 8. 



like Figure 8, the Shield Limpet, and still 

 others like Figure 9, in which the point of the 

 shell is almost at one end, 

 like the nose of a mask, and 

 it is therefore called the 

 Figure?. Mask Limpet.^) 



All of these are of a dark color on the outside 

 and lighter within, but there is one pretty little 

 tent, that you will be 

 very likely to find, that 

 is pure white all over. 

 It is a round shell, (like 

 Figure 10, jand looks 

 like a little snowclad 

 peak of a mountain. It is often called the White 

 Capj^and its Latin name is Acmxa mitraj 



Inside the shells of all the lim- 

 pets there are sometimes curious 

 markings, which show where 

 Figure 9. fa e fleshfpf the mollusl^ was at- 



tached to the hard covering. Sometimes these 

 markings greatly resemble the outline of a horned 

 owl, fas is shown in figure HfdF- 

 Great Owl Shelp^It is the 

 largest of all of our limpets, arid 

 is frequently found as big as the* 

 bowl of a kitchen spoony 



Figure 10. 



