British conchology : or, an account of the Mollusca which now inhabit the British Isles and the surrounding seas . PRINTED IJY TAYLOR AND FRANCIS,RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET. ? ? , 1 *< ^ INTRODUCTION,. Since the publication of the first volume of this workI have made two more dredging-excursions to theShetland Isles, a district which is by far the mostinteresting that I know of for the further investigationof the British Mollusca. In the interval I revisited theSouth of France, and also went to the Hanse towns,Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, for the express purposeof examining public and pri
British conchology : or, an account of the Mollusca which now inhabit the British Isles and the surrounding seas . PRINTED IJY TAYLOR AND FRANCIS,RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET. ? ? , 1 *< ^ INTRODUCTION,. Since the publication of the first volume of this workI have made two more dredging-excursions to theShetland Isles, a district which is by far the mostinteresting that I know of for the further investigationof the British Mollusca. In the interval I revisited theSouth of France, and also went to the Hanse towns,Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, for the express purposeof examining public and private collections of Euro-pean shells, and especially the types of species describedby O. F. Muller and subsequent writers on Scandinavianconchology. Every naturalist will appreciate the ad-vantage of such an undertaking, being aware that ourown fauna or flora cannot be properly studied apartfrom that of the rest of Europe. These preliminaryremarks are offered to explain the cause of delay inthe appearance of the present volume, and likewise toexpress my grateful acknowledgments for the kindwelcome and aid which I received from all the leadingzoologists in the countries above mentioned. Nor oughtI to
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