Part L 
the two ends of a mouldable fubftance of an Oval figure, 
till you made the two fides become the two ends. Some 
of thefe are ^ foot wide, or more.. 
This Shell is found on the fhore near Scarhongh after 
ConciT ^ on S J^tf^-Storms. (a) The Animal fhines much in the 
dark, efpecially when the (hell is full of liquor, the drops 
whereof glider where ever they fall 5 by virtue of which, 
it is molt probable , that the Flefh it felf becomes 
) Pliny, Ihining. (b) 
The ROUND-OYSTER, with fimilar fides produced* 
from an oblique Navle. The Convex is very white, 
and finely wrought with circular , and radiated lines 
acrofs. 
The MULTARTICULATE OYSTER with a bended 
Bafe. The Convex is fmooth, and ftained with Cheftnut 
upon white. Its Bafe is in a manner femilunar, produced 
a little forward from the Navle. Upon this Bafe are 
fourteen, fixteen, fometfmes twenty fm all Joy nts, ftanding 
obliquely, and alfo in a bended line anfwerable to the Bafe. 
To the two ends whereof, the Seat of the Animal is con- 
tiguous. The fore-edge and Margin are furrowed and 
toothed within. Here are four of this fort. 
The BROAD-OYSTER, with fimilar fides. 
The EISTULAR OYSTER. Concha Valvis Fiftulofis. 
Defcnbed by Columna with the name of Concha exotica 'mar- 
gine in Mucronem emijfa 5 who hath alfo figur d it well. 
It hath not only feveral Furrows or Gutters reaching 
from the Navle to the edges round about, but the Fur- 
rows are alfo cover'd over , and fo properly fiftular 5 
whence I have nam cl the Shell. The circumference or 
edg is alfo prolonged into feveral Peaks, which have fome 
kind of likenefs to Sword-points. But Columnas name is 
fomewhat obfurdly given, unlefs inftead of divers,there had 
been one only. 
The MULTARTICULATE OYSTER, with a ftrait 
Bafe. Defcribed and figur d by Columna with the name 
of Concha m*»Ac ^itf* Au^. Here are two of this fort. The 
chief marks hereof are, that it hath a great number 
( twenty or more ) of {lender Joynts, about \ of an inch 
long, placed parallel, upon a ftrait Bafe. 
The ASSE-FOOT OYSTER. Oftrea Gaderopda, So 
called 
