DESCRIPTION OF THE FRONTISPIECE ILLUSTRATING 
CONCHOLOGY. 
NEPTUNE, AS THE SOVEREIGN OF THE OCEAN, APPROACHING THE LAND IN HIS 
CHARIOT, CONSTRUCTED OF A CHAMA SHELL, DRAWN BY SEA-HORSES; ATTENDED 
BY MERMAIDS EMPLOYED IN BRINGING UP SHELLS FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA, 
IN FRONT A MERMAN, BLOWING THE CONCH TRUMPET, FAMED, IN THE ANCIENT 
HINDOO CEREMONIALS, FOR DRIVING AWAY EVIL DEMONS, AND ASSEMBLING THEIR 
PROTECTING GENII; AS WELL AS FOR SOUNDING THE CALL TO ARMS, AND THE 
TRIUMPH OF VICTORY. IT IS THE MUREX TRITONIS OF LINN2EUS. ON THE SHORE, 
TWO OF THE NEREIDES, ATTENDANTS ON NEPTUNE, IN THEIR CLASSICAL CHARACTER. 
DELINEATED WITH SILVERY WHITE VESTMENTS, AND HEADS BOUND ROUND WITH 
FUCI, OR SEA-WEED; SHELTERED IN A GROTTO, BENEATH IMPENDING ROCKS, AND 
BUSIED IN ASSORTING BEADS AND FESTOONS FROM THE MINUTER SHELLS. IN THE 
FORE-GROUND, A GROUP OF SELECTED- SHELLS, EMBLEMATICAL OF THE CHOICE 
ARRANGEMENT REQUIRED TO FORM A CABINET OF CONCHOLOGY. 
