142 Of Shells. Part I. 
.infide of a dark-Bay 3 from whence I name it. Held up 
againfl the light, it looks like a deep TincLure of Saffbrn or 
Myrrh. The Seat of the Animal is rough with fmall 
fnzled or undulated Wrinkles, furrounded with a fmooth 
Margin, on one fide above I an inch broad, after an odd 
fafhion turn d or fpread outward, Convex inward, and 
entirely encompaffing the Navle of the (hell. Here are 
three or four fmaller Ones of the fame Species. 
A SHELL with the Bafe a little cover d.Oflrea Bafi Cooper- 
ta. I find it not defcribed. It's fomewhat doubtful whether a 
Limpet or an Oyfterjhell. I think the latter. The Navle Rands 
obliquely. But the fides make equal or fimilar lines from the 
Bafe. Somewhat above an inch 111 length, very Convex,the 
Margin oval. The Bafe is as it were (haded with a tranfverfe 
Plate * th of an inch broad. The infide, blew 3 the outfide 
fpeckled below with tawny and black fpots, above with 
white and purple, with very fmall lines running acrofs or 
Net-wife. 
The PLAIN ROUND ESCALLOP. Petten Valvis 
rotundis is 1 ctqualibus. 
The ROUND FURROW'D ESCALLOP, with fmooth 
Shells or Valves. 
Another of the fame fort, with rough fhells. 
The LONG ESCALLOP. Thefe and the other kinds 
feldom exceed the bignefs of the palm of the Hand. But 
O) P. po. Linfcholen (a) faith, That by Malacca are (hells found like 
Scallops, fo big, that two ftrong men can hardly draw one 
of them, with a leaver, after them. Scallops will move fo 
ftrongly, as oftentimes to leap out of the Catcher wherein 
(b) Arift.a they are taken, (b) Their way of leaping or raifing up 
A.hb.4.c.4. tnem f e [ veSj j S) by forcing their under Valve againfl: the 
Body whereon they lie. (c) They are taken among!! other 
S 2 S i Cal 's.T P^ aces ' near P ort l an di an d at Purbec and Selfey, where they 
rc ' 19 ' u are excellent good. Rondeletiw prefers them* for Meat, 
before Oyfters. 
COKLE. ?eRtincidu5. Here are of thefe, both White, 
Red, and fpeckled with various* Colours. 
The CORALLINE SCALLOP. Concha CoraUina. I 
call it a Scallop, becaufe it feems to be but another fort 
without ears. This is only waved. See Rondeletiuss De- 
fcription. He faith 'tis rarely found, and feldom, except 
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