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A Brief System Of Conchology.
This wonderful variety , however , is not all the produce of one sea , or one country ; the different parts of the world afford us their different beauties . Bonani observes , that the most beautiful shells we are acquainted with come from the East indies and tiom the . Red Sea . This is , in some degree , countenanced by what is found to this day ; and from the general observations of the curious , it seems , that the sunbthe great heat that it gives to the countries near the line
, y , exalts the colours of the shells produced there , and gives them a lustre and brilliancy that those of colder climates always want : and it may be , that the waters of those vast seas , which are not subject to be weakened by fresh rivers , give a nourishment to the fish , that may add to the brilliancy of their shells .
The shores of Asia furnish us with the pearl-oysters and scallops in great perfection . About Amboyna are found the most beautiful specimens of the cabbage-shell , the arrooir , the ducal mantle , and the coral oysters , or echinated oysters . Here also are found a great variety of extremelj- beautiful muscles , tellinae , and voluta ;; some fine buccinums , and the shell called the Ethiopian crown , in its greatest : perfection . The doliathe m ' uricesand the cassandrseare also
, , , found on these coasts in great beauty . Many elegant ' snails and screw-shells are also brought from thence ; and finally , the serapion and spider-shells . The Maldive and Philippine Islands , Bengal , and the coast of Malabar , abound with the most elegant of ali the species , of snails , and furnish many other kinds of shells in great abundance and perfection . China abounds in the finest species of porcelain shells
, and has also a great variety of beautiful snails . Japan furnishes us with ail the thicker and larger bivalves ; and the Isle of Cyprus is famous above all other parts of the world for the beauty and variety of the pattella , or limpet , found there .
America affords many very elegant shells , but neither in so great abundance nor beauty as the shores of Asia . Panama is famous for the cylinders or rhoinbi , and we have beside , from ^ he same place , some good porcelains , and a very fine species of dolium , or concha glebosa , called from this place the Panama purple shell . One " of the most beautiful of the cylinders is also known among oui naturalists . under the
name of the Panama shell . About Brasil , and in the Gulf of Mexico , there are found murices and dolia of extreme beauty ; and also a great variety of porcelains , purpuras , pectens , neritee , bucardije , or heart-shells , and elegant limpets . The Isle of Cayenne affords one of the most beautiful of the buccinum kind , and the Midas ear is found principally about this place . Jamaica and the Island of
Barbadoes have their shores covered with porcelains , chamas , and buccina ; and at St . Domingo there , are found almost all the same species of shells that we have from the East Indies ; only they are less beautiful , and the colours more pale and dead . The pearl-oyster is found also on this coast , but smaller than in the Persian Gulph . At Martinico there are found in general the same shells as at St . Domingo , but yet less beautiful . About Canada are found the violet chamte , and the lakes of that country abound with muscles of a very siegantpale blue and pale red colours , Some species of these ar &
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
A Brief System Of Conchology.
This wonderful variety , however , is not all the produce of one sea , or one country ; the different parts of the world afford us their different beauties . Bonani observes , that the most beautiful shells we are acquainted with come from the East indies and tiom the . Red Sea . This is , in some degree , countenanced by what is found to this day ; and from the general observations of the curious , it seems , that the sunbthe great heat that it gives to the countries near the line
, y , exalts the colours of the shells produced there , and gives them a lustre and brilliancy that those of colder climates always want : and it may be , that the waters of those vast seas , which are not subject to be weakened by fresh rivers , give a nourishment to the fish , that may add to the brilliancy of their shells .
The shores of Asia furnish us with the pearl-oysters and scallops in great perfection . About Amboyna are found the most beautiful specimens of the cabbage-shell , the arrooir , the ducal mantle , and the coral oysters , or echinated oysters . Here also are found a great variety of extremelj- beautiful muscles , tellinae , and voluta ;; some fine buccinums , and the shell called the Ethiopian crown , in its greatest : perfection . The doliathe m ' uricesand the cassandrseare also
, , , found on these coasts in great beauty . Many elegant ' snails and screw-shells are also brought from thence ; and finally , the serapion and spider-shells . The Maldive and Philippine Islands , Bengal , and the coast of Malabar , abound with the most elegant of ali the species , of snails , and furnish many other kinds of shells in great abundance and perfection . China abounds in the finest species of porcelain shells
, and has also a great variety of beautiful snails . Japan furnishes us with ail the thicker and larger bivalves ; and the Isle of Cyprus is famous above all other parts of the world for the beauty and variety of the pattella , or limpet , found there .
America affords many very elegant shells , but neither in so great abundance nor beauty as the shores of Asia . Panama is famous for the cylinders or rhoinbi , and we have beside , from ^ he same place , some good porcelains , and a very fine species of dolium , or concha glebosa , called from this place the Panama purple shell . One " of the most beautiful of the cylinders is also known among oui naturalists . under the
name of the Panama shell . About Brasil , and in the Gulf of Mexico , there are found murices and dolia of extreme beauty ; and also a great variety of porcelains , purpuras , pectens , neritee , bucardije , or heart-shells , and elegant limpets . The Isle of Cayenne affords one of the most beautiful of the buccinum kind , and the Midas ear is found principally about this place . Jamaica and the Island of
Barbadoes have their shores covered with porcelains , chamas , and buccina ; and at St . Domingo there , are found almost all the same species of shells that we have from the East Indies ; only they are less beautiful , and the colours more pale and dead . The pearl-oyster is found also on this coast , but smaller than in the Persian Gulph . At Martinico there are found in general the same shells as at St . Domingo , but yet less beautiful . About Canada are found the violet chamte , and the lakes of that country abound with muscles of a very siegantpale blue and pale red colours , Some species of these ar &