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number of little fhort prickles. It is of a dull afti-colour, 
roundiOi, and fomewhat bigger than a Half-Crown. 
The SAND-MUSCLE. TeUina. They live much in the 
Sand; for which reafon, unlefs they are fhaked long in 
water, before they are boyl'd, they are very gritty, (a) At (a) Rondi 
Ro??/e, they are efteemed a pleafant Junket, (b) Here are ^yw<wmi- 
feveral fhells of this fort. us. 
The TOOTHED-MUSCLE. It is of a roundiOi Figure, 
and the edges , cfpecially before , toothed almoU like a 
Saw. 
The GREAT WAVED-MUSCLE. Well defcribed and 
figur'd by Colunma with the Name of Concha Maxuna 
marmorea exotica imbricata. It is alfo called Concha Tri- 
dachna : becaufe it contains as much meat, as a Man can 
fwallow at thrice. A certain number put for an uncertain : 
for fome of them hold meat enough almoft to fill a mans 
belly, being a foot in length, or rather in expanfion or 
breadth 3 this here 4 of a foot. The Back is waved with 
broad and deep Furrows,and the edges indented anfwerably. ^ Beiionius 
It is (c) commonly found in the Red-Sea. 
The LONGISH-MUSCLE , with rough Wrinkles or 
Rays. 
ANOTHER with fmooth Rays, u e. Concha Rondelet, 
Striata 3. 
The ROUNDISH radiated Mufc/e. 
The PLAIN LONGISH MUSCLE. This hath no Rays 
on the Back. 
The PLAIN BROAD MUSCLE. Of thefe here are 
two forts, the one lefs, the other more expanded. This lat- 
ter is by Rondeletius called Concha longa 3 miftaking what 
is properly the breadth, for the length of the ihell. Of this 
(d) Shell, is commonly made a fort of Lime. (d) Ronde- 
The BROAD-MUSCLE, with deep Joynts. ktius - 
The TOOTHED BROAD-MUSCLE. Defcribed and 
figur'd by Mr. Lyfter, (e) with the Name of Tellina intus 0) Lib. de 
ex Viola purpirafcens, &c. 'Tis a little Ihell not much above 7^35. 
an inch broad, the edge indented round about with curi- 
ous fmall Teeth 3 and having within-fide a faint purple 
blufh. 
ANOTHER little broad Mufcle, without Teeth, or even- 
edged. 
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