edihle. 



MYTILUS. MUSSEL. Class VI. 



through, without breaking into the cell they are 

 lodged in. Multitudes are found in the same 

 stone ; but each has a separate apartment, with 

 a different external spiracle. 2\ib. Ixvi.y/g*. 1. 



EDULis. Lm. SysL 1157. -A'o, 253. List. Angl. iah. iv. Jig. 28. 

 Gm. Lin. 3353. Lin. Tr. viii. 105. 



Faun. Suec. No. 2156. Mont. Test. Br. ISQ. 



M. with a strong shell, slightly incurvated on 

 one side : angulated on the other. The end 

 near the hinge pointed ; the other rounded. 

 When the epidermis is taken off, is of a deep 

 blue color. lYib. Ixvi. Jig. 2. 



Abundance of small pearls, called seed-pearls, 

 were, till of late, procured from this species of 

 mussel for medical purposes ; but I believe they 

 are now disused, since crabs-claws and the like 

 have been discovered to be as efficacious, and a 

 much cheaper absorbent. 



Found in immense beds, both in deep water 

 and above low-water mark. A rich food, but 

 noxious to many constitutions. Affect with 

 swellings, blotches, &c. falsely attributed to the 

 pea-crab. The remedy oil, or salt and water. 



Nefraiidentiir gloria sua littora. I must, in 

 justice to Lancashire, add, that the finest mus- 

 sels are those called Llambleton Hookers, from 



