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Fig. xxi..,The „purple fcajlpp. variegated .with wbitekdreular
fillets j PeBunculus purpurfljfapf&r. vanwg&r
tus.;, Jbfd,t r s
xxix. The purple, ribbetj, lealjbp j PeBen alt is jkMi&lk^urpmma
tranfuerse variegatis injignis. ,, Helford Harbour.
xxiii. The Ijght purple t?llina ^thths)rj2|pntal/y?W?ej eminent,.and
parallel tp^p^iiaargin * Qoncfaa iii ver/ice leqiter purpupafcens, Jkfis
eminentibus margins parallelis, diJlinBa :u Tellina, tertia iBldrtfyandi
id videtur. , ,
xxiv. The white crooked-bill bivalve o f t^,|»ffBltple } ChpB>M
laws' candidior, triangularis., vertice admodum rejfeyio etacuntinato.
Whitfand-Efcy. ^
xxv. The polilhed* tellina; the -fillets-. difpofed at.>sPfere!i£,di(r
tances, but o f an equal, breadth throughout as tUithei^elves,- with
a lerrated edge ; Tellina vitfisalbpBateis^ purpupafe0U&td>Jdwte,r
jlriatay margine ferrdto. IbidU
Tellina varie radiatce, fa^afay Vittat^i l^ ig a t^ (tfp&ray
firiata pukherrima.y et Chamce parva (ut .plunimum, It amen ad
littora Whitfand-Bayh fu nt frequenter reperta.
xxvi. The flat,, finooth, £ Ovulum marinum lave,
minimumy figura cpmprejfcey -pr, pcbinus . marinus minimus : « the
back, b the belly. Mount’s-Bay.
xxvii. :The round and fiat iMpM^ta maBnuSj^otunBdSy
figura comprejfay papillis ^m m syfpfni^^pi^t^s^^ehsffei^tiffsf
in the Mount’s-Bay from 4 - --§ inches high arid inches diaine-
ter, down to one eighth of an inch high,- and twp; eighths of an
inch diameter.
xxviii. The deprefled cordate fcaregg; ILchinuS fttaninUsdppfefse
cordatus. Mount’s-Bay.
xxix. The narrow-mouthed. balanusi Balanus* one pontnaBie
cinereus. Mount’s-Bay. The elevation xxix, the plan xxx ..
The wide-mouthed balanus; Balanus ore Mante magaus.:
xxxi. One valve of the phqlas taken, out, of the ^middle of a
ftone at Kam-Jenny, Mount’s-Bay.
xxxii. The wrinkled, notched, and high-beaked concha or cockel $.
Concha, cinerea denfa, margin/? dentatOy Jlr iis fttgpfts et platerj^pts undoje
tuberculojis. Heyl-Mouth.----C, D, are the two fhells of the jaw
o f the teredoy or auger-worm, - with which it eats its way into tirn-
ber and ftone; they are iharp, and turned fcrew-wife one over the
other for boreing. Found at Peyl-Mouth, 1756, in fir-timber, by
the Reverend Mr. Williams pf Glamofganfhire.
s e c t . xiv. There being fuch quantities of recent fhells on the coafts of
Foffii-fheiis. Cornwall, it might reafonably be expe&ed that extraneous and
foffil-
-iOOF* € O R N/WHA L L. §fq
fofiil-fhells, fu,ch a’s 'piflun'eàiBlldâMpitep^ ■ tapimonitcê'ÿ! and other remains
of marine teftaceous-â^fenals fhould tee found1 in* proportionable
plenty in fl^nekg^aiirres, and mines ; feûg^hofe1 wh’o'have travelled
through Cornell,: have foufld ho füdh',th’ïn'g*: iahd ftrange this- may
feem td 'f6mfe * f motlânyu®'^d®un'kbwd@hdehcy 3 ‘«yètSîri this- particular
we fhal| nhft tfmd* <3$tjÉw&îl ' ingular^hor the fiibjedt fijffici-
ëntlÿrexamine#y^üéâr^^hat" -foiÿklh&llvâFe ekWïidy raré-ifj
Cornwall, and'*-1* have fom^jÉes vthtep|htrhth|é’.«Aeÿ%iape »p£? ouV
courttyimight?*avejcdntribli¥ed im'a%*ap«îeafui;m to d eprive s of
theïe curibfitilsjj fbï being|ik îiârroW' flip-1 of^alnd1 pfo^edShg^into
thb weftern ocean, the departing Waters ùfc/thfe -deluge 'c|)uWv'nô’â
retiré|to theirmhial bed without!takihgfawa^gykrp&Ètsf/bf-the'up-
y&jftrdta, -as èmoderh auth6rr has- obferveH^'j^fof.which '% uè âdd,
that'the feasbtD'it-hemdrtbfahdf fbuîh' ©f( Cornwall ' ©ô’tïld-ng^dekVo
thfocf&ifaefei: oE'îbhr hiUs^withétiàfreqûenittftru^&s^pal)■ We1
ridgès ,where two feas jmdek-1 dfey muift hhv^produiie!dj.-'té#m théier
owætJvéëigbt anddnoncoucfè, fuchi vfbleïît agitati’odsj^|WouM: <nbê
leave fùoh’-ligli^’hddies aïs'Îhelllvilfeettejî p^ratsy àtâ- 'aniffitl' e^u-viæ
th'reft in the diftblvedjidays&ndthdfr'Jfones' bfvftjchtia’nafrohfri»^^
But: I am perfuaded that, this is flût ïthe''reafoîi!;u for int Pther>
countiesd and ' indeed' foreign,, ctegiofrs;:'-where tbe 'fhap©: of 3t^e.
country.-is quite ( different, >ahd addeSflibpat all coühtènaîifee îubh'a
theory,o :we find The fkme want of thefê' extraiièausTûflîlsl p r ft ,'
then, Jet i t be obferved, that thefë marine e'xudi'Je aiie 'iSot‘ec|tiallyi
dîlperfed-iin.évâry.'place ; in many diftridts few or,.none -3re.-f®pnclJ'
in mk^diftridfs^ain they arhibiind in all parts ; 'thbffkafdn-tef
which is, that the teftaceous tribe^ do fbmedmes fhiff,-'retire^ and
difappeari frqm feme coafts,- land "mufT be therefore âkpmdlÉecSlÉi.
otfipsi ' Thë murex, £q, famous.formerly, on tlie:coafts oftT^rrèy'.has
been-1 unknown there for many ages, 't FoffiMiêllvf% s%Dr^Siawy
page^iS^Srefyery rare id the mdunttiSS hear'*8irk^ tfieyaré^ftilh
rarer, iPiFame ;fays;- frue, id many parte b f Afia minor,, where1'!!
eÿlebrated Botkift o f'ou r country,* ïihotwéthftanditig the* ulrdoft
enquiry, could -mot Hear ..of àay in much larger ■ diftridls i th&ni'the,
county of Cornwall. DIobiltfftmus Shenundus.BotanicusMfferuitsquotk.
in onèrdalibus plagis ab ipfomppdbplla fpretm mdujlria in fofftlium d tfc
quijittmey. prater fiiam & u aliorum empéBationem nullum unqaatn
diluroianuin monumentum c om p é r i t Jof. Montn Bvtfohiebjts dèï tho-
numento dil^viano, page 24. ,r£feiFor is in, obr l^làèes;
(continues the fame authôry. there are obferved whelenmbuntàins /of ,
teftaceous exuviae ftketching ‘.theidfelves in -a1 ftraight line fér Ttiany*’
miles togethe^;^ -pount Maifilli': has frequently ihfqrteed me j To
Rajr, Lhtiyd, Htitckinfon. b y k . Hutchinf., vol. I. .traét 2, pagè qàjjiAfr
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