. The animal creation: a popular introduction to zoology. Zoology. G.\STEROPODA. 281 The Cowrie shells are employed by Asiatic island- ers to adorn their dress, to weight their fishing-nets, and for barter. Specimens of them were found by Br. Layard in the ruins of Nimroud. The Money cowrie {Cyjprma ?noneta) is used as money by the Africans : hundreds of tons are imported to Liverpool and ex- ported for barter.* The Harp-shells {Harpa) are recognisable by the prominent ribs upon then- surface, the last of which forms the marginal border. These shells are very beautiful; the animal (Fig. 217.)
. The animal creation: a popular introduction to zoology. Zoology. G.\STEROPODA. 281 The Cowrie shells are employed by Asiatic island- ers to adorn their dress, to weight their fishing-nets, and for barter. Specimens of them were found by Br. Layard in the ruins of Nimroud. The Money cowrie {Cyjprma ?noneta) is used as money by the Africans : hundreds of tons are imported to Liverpool and ex- ported for barter.* The Harp-shells {Harpa) are recognisable by the prominent ribs upon then- surface, the last of which forms the marginal border. These shells are very beautiful; the animal (Fig. 217.) is furnished with a large foot, broad in front, and pointed i3osteriorly ; its tentacles are provided with eyes situated near their bases; it has no operculum. The Helmet-sheUs (Cassis) are of an oval shape,. Fig. 220.—cassis tubk!;osa. * From a coarse comparison of the CowTie shells to a pi^'s back, tJiey were vulgarly known to the Portuguese as Porcellane (Porcellus, a little pig;. When the beautiful ware known as china was first im- ported, the resemblance of its glaze to the enamel of the Cowrie shell caused it to be called '^ ;. 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 Jones, Thomas Rymer, 1810-1880. London : Society for Promoting Knowledge
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