Part I. 
Of Sballs. 
H5 
called from its Figure. Defcribed by Bellonius. Its chief 
Characters are, that it hath very great Joynts, like the eye¬ 
teeth of a Man, and upon a ftrait Bafe. It grows not loofe, 
as other Oyflers , but fixed to the Rocks under Water: and 
therefore in thofe Seas only, which ebb and flow not, (a) as ooBdiohius 
the Mgean, the Hellefpont, isc. 
The CORALLINE-OYSTER. Spondylue Exbhiatus is 
Corallinm. I meet with it no where. Tis of an unufuai 
Figure. The Bafe hereof is ftrait, and an inch and I over. 
In each end hereof is a roundifh cavity, doubtlefs for the 
reception of anfwerable Joynts. An inch and I or more 
beyond this, the Navle , which is a little bended upward, 
Irnooth within fide, and fcaly without. The inner part 
of the ilicll is exceeding white, frnooth, hard, and thick. 
The outward Cruft thiner, 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 Mufxum. It 
is naturally within of the fame colour with that of a Pearl. 
It is fometimes 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 Athenaus 
(/>) affirms) as that fort of Kernel in a Hog, called Grando. (t) Quoted 
Although more probably in the Stomach, as Bazodr , and hy RondeIe ' 
the like, in other Animals, (c) As Eggs in the Belly of a JphiioC 
Pullet , faith Tavernier, (d) The Shell is faid to be found Tranf - N - 
near the Ifland Borneo fometimes fo big, as to weigh forty (d) indian- 
feven pounds, (e) Voyage. 
Take Mother of Pearl , the fmall White Venue-Shell ofoizok!' 
each equal parts. Pour upon them, being firft powdered, 
the juyee of Lemons , and let them ftand together (a day 
or two) then filtre the liquor, and keep it, as the beft wafh 
for the Face in the World, ( f j (f) Pravot. 
MOTHER OF PEARL, with the backfide cover’d all St¬ 
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 Dentali , p. yyo. The infide 
of the Sea-Ear, of fome forts of Limpets, and of divers other 
Shells,are commonly fold in Shops for true Mother of Pearl. 
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