IIS FISH. 



TELLEN, DOUBLE WEDGE-SHELL, 

 OR SQUIN. 



The tellinae lie buried in the fine sandy mud of 

 the sea-shore, and when the tide recedes they are 

 easily found by two small apertures in the sand. 

 They are taken in great quantities and consumed 

 by the poor, making a good stew or pickle ; they 

 will do for bait, but are not much in request. 



CARDIUM, COCKLE, OR HEARTSIIELL. 



The animals of this genus are found under the 

 surface of the sand and mud all around the shores 

 of Britain ; they must have existed in most enor- 

 mous quantities at the mouth of the Thames in 

 former days, as the thousands of barges which 

 come to London in a year are filled with sand com- 



