,'SO CATECHISM Ol CONCHOLOGY. 



nity, as being one of the most elegant produe 

 tions of the island of Cyprus. 

 . Q. Do you remember the beautiful lines I 

 read to you some evenings since, in which the 

 author of " The Martyr of Antioch " has referred 

 to this beautiful shell, and the fabulous origin of 

 the sea-born goddess. 



A. " Thou meari'st the daughter of the holy Callius: 

 I once beheld her, when the thronging people 

 Prest round, yet parted still to give her way; 

 E'en as the blue enamoured wave, when first 

 The sea-born goddess in her rosy shell 

 Sail'd the calm ocean." 



