Part I. Of Sheik 14^ 
called from its Figure. Defcribed by BeUonius. 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)Beiionius 
the JEgean, the Hellefpnt, ifrc. 
The CORALLINE-OYSTER. Spondylm Echinatus is 
Cor allium. I meet with it no where. Tisofan unufual 
Figure. The Bafe hereof is {trait, and an inch and ^ over. 
In each end hereof is a roundifh cavity, doubtlefs for the 
reception of anfwerable Joynts. An inch and ? or more 
beyond this, the Navle, which is a little bended upward, 
fmooth within fide, and fcaly without. The inner part 
of the Ihell is exceeding white, fmooth, hard, and thick 
The outward Cruft tinner, yet alfo very hard, wrinkled, 
fpiked, and of the colour of red Coral, Part of it is bro- 
ken, off. 
MOTHER of PEARL. Concha Mar gar it if era. See 
a true, and good Figure hereof in Calceolarias s Mufdzum. 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 Gran Jo. (b) Quoted 
Although more probably in the Stomach, as Bezoar, and ff us Rondcle " 
the like, in other Animals, (c) As Eggs 111 the Belly of a c<0 Phiiof. 
Pullet, faith Tavernier. (d) The Shell is faid to be found J™ nC N * 
near the Ifland Borneo fometimes fo big, as to weigh forty (d) indian- 
feven pounds, (e) ^ chari 
Take Mother of Pearl, the fmall White Venus-Shell of On, Zoic' 
each equal parts. Pour upon them, being firft powdered, 
the juyce of Lemons, and let them ftand together ( a day 
or two ) then filtre the liquor, and keep it, as the beft waih 
for the Face in the World. (/) iV/ZT 
MOTHER OF PEARL, with the backfide cover d all 
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 is 1 Dentali, p. ^40. The infide 
of the Sea-Ear, of fome forts of Limpet s,md of divers other 
Shells,are commonly fold in Shops for true Mother of Pearl. 
U ORL 
