Of Shells. Part I. 
A STAR-FISH with fix Rays or Arms. They are almoft 
likethofe of thcfmoothStar-Fi/h; excepting, that two of 
them are as fhort again as the reft. Whether a monftrous 
Production, or a diftinct Species, I cannot fay. 
A STAR-FISH with TWELVE RAYS j by fome called 
Sun-Fifth. Twas taken in the Britijh-Scx The Bafts of 
each Ray is much flenderer than by the figure in Jobnfton 
is reprefented. Neither is it fhag'd only on the edges, as in 
the fame figure, but all over. 
SECT. VI. 
OF SHELLS. 
CHAP. I. 
4 
Of whirled and Jingle SHELLS. 
THere is a large Treafure of Shells in this Mufceum : 
in all, great and fmall , about fix hundred. The 
Reduction of all which to the Order of Nature, 
whoever fhall go about, will find to be no little Task. Nor 
can it be perfectly done here, becaufe as yet the Collection 
it felf is not perfect. According to the bed Method I can 
at prefent think of, I fhall here place them. And that it may 
be the better judged, how far it is natural, or not, I fhall 
afterwards digeft them into Schemes. Moft of them are 
Strangers in England and the Britijh-Scas, and therefore I 
muft be allowed a little more than ordinary liberty for the 
Englijh Names. 
Note, That when I fpeak of the Right or Left Lip of a 
Shell , I mean , as it is held with the Mouth down- 
wards. 
The FROG-WILK. Murex Coracoides. Defcribed and 
pictur d by Jobnfton out of others. As are alfo moft of 
thofe that follow, which are only named. It hath three 
Appendices on each fide, like fingers or feet, and one at the 
end. The 
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