CHINESE PAGODA. 
This fine shell is a most jfinished proclu6lIoii 
of nature. The contours, or whirls, have 
deep ridges, terminated by very broad borders, 
curiously disposed in regular raised plaits, or 
folds, and ending in a serrated or triangular 
edging. This peculiar conformation has given 
rise to the name, under which it is described 
by most naturalists, of the Chinese Pagoda, or 
tlie Temple of a Chinese Idol : and, certainly, 
as is remarked by Knorr, the appellation is ad - 
mirably suited to it's appearance. ■ The shell 
is thick ; and it is of a brown colour, often 
ap])roaching to red, intermixed with a sea- 
green line. It belongs to the class of those 
shells to which Rumphius has given the names 
of Trochus Tertius, Trochus Quartus, Tro- 
chus Papuanus, and Trochus Longasvus. This 
animal is accustomed to attach itself to the 
rocks above the sea, and to nourish itself there 
with the saline humidity which it imbibes. 
When it falls into the water, it dies ; but, if it 
be kept dry, it will exist more than a year 
without 
