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called from its Figure. Defcribed by Bello?iius,. Its chief 
Characters are, that it hath very great Joynts, like the eye- 
teeth of a Man, and upon a (trait Bafe. It grows not loofe, 
as other Oyfters, but fixed to the Rocks under Water : and 
therefore in thofe Seas only, which ebb and flow not, (a) as o*)Bdioniu5 
the JEgean, the Hellefpont, istc. 
The CORALLINE-OYSTER. Spndylus Echinatus is 
Cor allium. I meet with it no where. Tis of an unufual 
Figure. The Bafe hereof is (trait, and an inch and £ over. 
In each end hereof is a roundiih cavity, doubtlefs for the 
reception of anfwerable Joynts. An inch and -? or more 
beyond this, the Nayle), which is a little bended upward, 
fmooth within fide, and fcaly without. The inner part 
of the (hell is exceeding white, fmooth, hard, and thick. 
The outward Cruft thmer, yet alfo very hard, wrinkled, 
fpiked, and of the colour of red Coral. -Part of it is bro- 
ken off. 
MOTHER of PEARL. Concha Margaritifera. See 
a true, and good Figure hereof in Calceolariuss Muf<zum. It 
is naturally within of the fame colour with that of a Pearl. 
It is fometimcs feen with a pearly Knob growing within it, 
as in this here, near the centre. But the Pearls themfelves 
grow within the Animal : within the Flefh ( as Athenxus 
(b) affirms ) as that fort of Kernel in a Hog, called Grando. (b) Quoted 
Although more probably in the Stomach, as Beggar, and ^ s Rondele " 
th& like, in other Animals, (c) As Eggs in the Belly of a c<0 PhiioC 
Pullet, faith Tavernier. (d) The Shell is faid to be found ^ nf - N - 
near the Ifland Borneo fometimcs f© big, as to weigh forty (d) Indian- 
feven pounds, (e) ^Tchari 
Take Mother of Pearl, the fmall White Venus-Shell of On. Zoic' 
each equal parts. Pour upon them, being firlt powdered, 
the juyce of Lemons, and let them ltand together ( a day 
or two ) then filtre the liquor, and keep it, as the beft walh 
for the Face in the World. ( / ) [ / ) 
MOTHER OF PEARL, with the backfide cover d all Lkh$*L*: 
over with thofe little Shells called DENT ALIA, as having lilibus - 
fome little likenefs to Teeth : that is to fay, White, Smooth, 
Conick, and bended Tubes, which grow to this and other 
Shells. See Gefner of Entali iy Dentali, p. ^40. The in(ide 
of the Sea-Ear, oi fome forts of Limpet \?,and of divers other 
Shells,are commonly fold in Shops tor true Mother of Pearl. 
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