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Part L 
(a) Lyfter. 
de Conch. 
(. b) Pliny. 
Of Shells. 
the two ends of a mouldable fubdance of an Oval figure, 
till you made the two fides become the two ends. Some 
of thefe are ; loot wide, or more. 
This Shell is found on the Ihore near Scarbrough after 
long Winter- Storms, (a) The Animal Ihines much in the 
dark, cfpecialfy when the (hell is full of liquor, the drops 
whereof glider where ever they fall; by virtue of which, 
it is moft probable, that the Flefh it felf becomes 
fhining. ( b ) 
The ROUND-OYSTER, with fimilar fides produced 
from an oblique Navle. The Convex is very white, 
and finely wrought with circular , and radiated lines 
cicrofs. 
The MULT ARTICULATE OYSTER with a bended 
Bafe. The Convex is fmooth, and darned with Chefinut 
upon white. Its Bafe is in a manner femilunar, produced 
a little forward from the Navle. Upon this Bafe are 
fourteen, fixteen, fometimes twenty fmall Joynts, Handing 
obliquely, and alfo in a bended line anfwerable to the Bafe. 
To the two ends whereof, the Seat of the Animal is con¬ 
tiguous. The fore-edge and Margin are furrowed and 
toothed within. Here are four of this fort. 
The BROAD-OYSTER, with fimilar fides. 
The FISTULAR OYSTER. Concha Valvis Fijlulofis. 
Defcnbed by Cohmtta with the name of Concha exotica mar- 
gine in Mucronem eniiffa ; who hath alfo figur’d it well. 
It hath not only feveral Furrows or Gutters reaching 
from the Navle to the edges round about, but the Fur¬ 
rows are alfo cover’d over, and fo properly fidular; 
whence I have nam’d the Shell. The circumference or 
edg is alfo prolonged into feveral Peaks, which have fome 
kind of likenefs to Sword-points. But Columnar name is 
fomewhat obfurdly given, unlefs indead of divers,there had 
been one only. 
The MULT ARTICULATE OYSTER, with a drait 
Bafe. Defcribed and figur’d by Colunma with the name 
of Concha'm\v\i^f\- l \\vii,%‘. Here are two of this fort. The 
chief marks hereof are, that it hath a great number 
(twenty or more) offender Joynts, about ? of an inch 
long, placed parallel, upon a drait Bafe. 
The ASSE-FOOT OYSTER. Oftrea GaderopoJa, So 
called 
