By J. Green. 
SOME BEAUTIFUL SHELLS. 
These are a chosen few of many varieties of shells, and therefore, represent in only a very limited degree the dive 
of colouring and of pattern, which distinguish the vast kingdom of mollus The shells, as they appear here, have been carefully 
washed and cleaned. In their natural state they are often covered with slime and seaweed, and are frequently used as vantage 
ground for the homes of tube-worms, barnacles, and other ocean-dwellers. What, therefore, may be the purpose of al |their elaboration 
and beautiful tints, it is difficult to determine. 
sity, of ornament, 
