CONTENTS. 



What are Shells 









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1 



CONCHOLOGY 









3 



Beauty and Value of Shells 









8 



Uses of Shells . 









. 12 



The Inhabitants of Shells. 









. 18 



Malacology .... 









. 19 



Classification of Shells 









. 20 



Taking and Preserving Shells , 









. 22 



The Cabinet 









. 24 



On Cleaning and Polishing Shells 







. 27 



Fossil Shells 









. 28 



UNIVALVES. 



The Common Snail 34 



Fresh-water Shells 43 



The Whelk 47 



Kock Shells .... 



Periwinkle 



Trochus, or Top-shell . 



Cones, Volutes, Mitres, and Olives 



Cowries 



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