236 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. Tab. Ixvi. Jig. l. 



3. edulis. Lin. Syst. 1157- No. 253. List. Angi. tab. iv. Jig. 28. 

 edible. Q m jrj n . 3353> j^ n Tf . v iii. 105. 



Faun. Suec. No. 2156. Mont. Test. Br. 1 59. 



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 oft, is of a deep 

 blue color. Tab. Ixvi. Jig. Q. 



Abundance of small pearls, called seed-pearly 

 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. 



Nefraiukntur gloria sua littora. I must, in 

 justice to Lancashire, add, that the finest mus- 

 sels are those called Hambkton Hookers, from 



