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and terminates in a very long and lharp 

 Point ; but the Form of the different 

 Kinds of Turbo in fome Refpedls varies. 

 The moft curious Specimens under this 

 Title, and worthy Obfervation, are Uni- 

 corn Whelks, Telefcopes, the Needle 

 Shell, the Screw Shell particularly fo 

 called, the Ribbon Turbo, die narrow 

 fpired Turbo, and others that are varie- 

 gated with Tubercles, and ftriated Lines 

 of different Colours but what more efpe- 

 cially merits Attention among thefe Shells, 

 is the Wendel Trap, fo named by the 

 Butch^ who find it in their Spice Iflands ; 

 it is often fold for fixteen and twenty 

 Guineas, and fometimes more : In Eng- 

 land it is called the Royal Stair Cafe. 



Murices. The Murex is a fulcated Shell, 

 befet with fmall Spines and Tubercles^ 

 with a rough Clavicle, exerted near the 

 Summit in moft Kinds, in others de- 

 preffed the Mouth is long and always 

 expanded, fometimes dentated ; in many 

 the Lip is digitated, in others elated, 



folded, 



