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field in britKh tellaceology ; and thofe wlio have fince 

 paid any attention to the fubjeft mufi own, that their 

 labours are amply repaid by the fuperior beauty and 

 elegance of this diminutive tribe; and it muft be coa- 

 fefled, that the hiftory of fliells cannot be com pleat 

 without them. From thefe probably fome new genera 

 might be^ with propriety, formed ; and to ^vhich alone 

 we are indebted for feveral fpecies of the Nautilus ge- 

 nus, a defideratum before in the britifh Fauna. 



Since this period, a catalogue and defcription of 

 iliells, found in Dorfetfhire by Doftor Pulteney, has 

 been given in Hutch in s's hiftory of that county; 

 araongft which are many new and rare fpecies. 



Mr. Donovan is alfo at this time publifhing a liif- 

 tory of BritiflT Shells, with elegant coloured figures, 

 v/hich..is to be concluded in fixty numbers, making five 

 vols, oclavo, four of which have already been laid be- 

 fore the public ; thefe, however, have not included tliq 

 more minute fpecies. 



In the Linnsean Tranfaftions Mr. Adams has entered 

 upon the fubjeft of minute (liells, and has given figures 

 of feveral perfetlly new, from the fouth coaft of Wales, 



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