BULLETIN 
OF THE 
NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY 
OF 
NEW BRUNSWICK. 
ARTICLE I. 
THE ECONOMIC MOLLUSCA OF ACADIA. 
Section I. Introductory. 
The following paper is not intended in any sense as an 
original scientific communication. It has been written for 
the use of students, teachers, and those ’aterested in the 
knowledge and development of all of our resources; as a 
contribution to the much-needed literature which shall bring 
the results of the studies of scientific men, bearing upon 
practical questions, within the reach of the people; to present 
a synopsis of what is known in this year 1839 of the value, 
both actual and possible, to mankind, of all Molluscs living 
in the waters of these Maritime Provinces. It is hoped, 
that, within these limits, the work will be found to lack 
neither practical completeness nor scientific accuracy. 
Such a work is nowhere accessible to Canadian students, 
and the rapidly developing interest in scientific education in 
these provinces, justifies the hope that this paper will in some 
measure fill a want, soon to be, if not already felt. 
