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take Notice of the Bivalves, with which 

 the Remainder of this Table is filled. 



Oftrea^ Oyfters, This Shell confifts of 

 two Parts joined together by a Hinge, 

 being a ftrong Membrane one of the 

 Parts of. the Shell is moft frequently flat^ 

 the other moderately globular, and have 

 circular Stride ^ but their general Form is 

 various, in the feveral Kinds. We find 

 here preferved a great Variety of the 

 fcarcer Sorts ; among the reft, the Thorny 

 Oyiler, the Prickly Oyfter, the Hammer 

 and Saddle Oyfter, of which fome have 

 the Valves joined in a Manner more par- 

 ticularly refembling a Hinge. Here are " 

 alfo fome Specimens of tranfparent round 

 flat Oyfters, ufed in fome Part of the Eaft 

 Indies inftead of Glafs. 



PeBifies^ Scollop Shells, are of a flatted 

 Shape, and the Valve fhut.clofe in all 

 Parts. They differ from the Oyfter in 

 that they are auriculated, and arc ftriated 

 in the Manner of a Comb, longitudinally. 

 The moft curious of this Kind are the _ j 



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