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at the diftance of's d of the circuit of the ihell, is laid a 
a Lift, in lhape imitating the faid right Lip. At the fame 
diftance, a pretty broad-pointed knob. By both thefe and 
the right Lip the ihell is made Triangular. The knobs on 
the right Lip and Lift, arc white, theother parts tawny, and 
as it were wrinkled. The Turban, which hath fix rounds, 
is alfo a little angular. 
The COMMON WILK. This fort is ihort-fnouted, 
or hath no horn. Of this fort are feveral here pre- 
ferv’d. 
It is affirm’d by Ariftotle , (a) That.you may know how W Hi ‘ i -' An - 
many years a Wilk. is of, by the number of Rounds in the 1 ' 5 '" ‘ 5 * 
Turban. Of the manner of laying their Eggs, fee Bello- 
nius. They aredefired by fome, as a rare fort of Meat. 
The belt are in clean Creeks. That which Mr. Lyfter de- 
fcribes, (b) by the Name ot Buccinum maximum , is fiihed out U>) De 
of the Sea at Scarbrough. Mar ’ 
A Wilk., faith Nicolaus Myreffius , being burnt, pow¬ 
dered, and mixed with old Oil to the confiftence of Glew, 
and fo the Head, firft ihaved and rub’d, anointed there¬ 
with, is an admirable Remedy againft Baldnefs and Morph 
of long Handing. Tis ufual to give Drink to Children 
that have the Chin-Cough , out of a WilkJheU 5 and it is 
obferved, faith Wormitts, (c) to do them good. ( c ) Mufsum, 
The WILK-SNAIL. Buccicochlea. Sol call it, 
becaufe, in Figure, it approaches to the Wilk.-, to the Com¬ 
mon Snail, in thethinnefs of its Ihell. Columna (d) defcribes 00 Lib. de 
and figures this with the Title of Buccinum exoticum varie- Temfl. & 
gatum. 
The WILK-SNAIL winding, from the Mouth, towards 
the right Hand; whereas almoft all other fhells wind the 
contrary way. The Mouth is white as Milk., and almoft 
Oval. The left Lip fpread and turned outward. The 
Rounds are Convex,as in the Wilk, In number fix, fpeckled 
with yellow Bay and blew fpots. The Ihell is as thin as 
that ot common Land-Snails. Of kin to that Ihell defcribed 
by Mr. Lyfter under Tit. 1. lib. de Cochl. Mar. 
The BELLY’D-LONG WHIRLE. Turbo Veniricofus.' 
This Ihell runs all into a Whirle or Turban. It is alfo belly’d, 
i. e. fwells out a little betwixt the Mouth and the Cone. 
And the left Lip is uneven with oblique Furrows, 
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