. Beautiful shells; their nature, structure, and uses familiarly explained, with directions for collecting, cleaning, and arranging them in the cabinet and descriptions of the most remarkable species. Shells. 48 Beautiful SJiells, Mollusks; it is called by naturalists Buccinum uri' datum; tlie first_, or generic term, being tlie Latin for a trumpet^ and tlie second, or specific name, meaning waved, or, as we often say, undulated. So we call this the Waved Whelk; fishermen term. it the Conch, or the Buckie, and tell strange stories of its ravenous appetite and murderous propensities; how, with
. Beautiful shells; their nature, structure, and uses familiarly explained, with directions for collecting, cleaning, and arranging them in the cabinet and descriptions of the most remarkable species. Shells. 48 Beautiful SJiells, Mollusks; it is called by naturalists Buccinum uri' datum; tlie first_, or generic term, being tlie Latin for a trumpet^ and tlie second, or specific name, meaning waved, or, as we often say, undulated. So we call this the Waved Whelk; fishermen term. it the Conch, or the Buckie, and tell strange stories of its ravenous appetite and murderous propensities; how, with its spiny tongue, situated at the end of a long flexible proboscis or trunk, it drills a hole in the shell of the Oyster, or other testacean, and sucks out the contents; empty shells, so drilled, are frequently found on the shore, and often, when the dredge is let down into an oyster bed, it comes up time after time filled with Whelks, of which such numbers are sometimes taken, that they are sold to the farmers to be used as manure for the soil. This moUusk is a favourite article of food with the poorer classes of our land, but it is hard and indigestible. The shell may frequently be found in large numbers among the beach stones;. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Adams, H. G. (Henry Gardiner), 1811 or 12-1881. London, Groombridge and Sons
Size: 1996px × 1252px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, booksubjectshells, bookyear1887
