270 



BUCCINUM. WHELK. Cl a s s VI. 



after washing in scalding water and soap, will 

 (the matter being again put into the sun or 

 wind to dry) be of a fair bright crimson, or 

 near to the prince's colour, which afterwards, 

 notwithstanding there is no use of any stip- 

 tick to bind the colour, will continue the 

 same, if well ordered ; as I have found in 

 handkerchiefs, that have been washed more 

 than forty times ; only it will be somewhat 

 allayed, from what it was, after the first 

 washing. While the cloth so writ upon lies 

 in the sun, it will yield a very strong and 

 foetid smell, as if garlick and assa-Jcetida 

 were mixed together.' 



2. PERDIX. 



Gm. Lin. 3470. 

 Lin. Tr. viii. 133. 



Mont. Test. Br. 244. t. 

 /. 5. 



* B. with an oval shell, inflated, something 

 furrowed, brown, waved, with white aperture, 

 without teeth; size of an hazel nut; inhabits 

 the sea. 

 JVeymoufh. 



