The conchologist's companion . Mytilns. VenusArea. Cardiiim. T. Minna. Pinna. Cypraea. LETTER V. UNIVALVES. To To gather shells and pebhles on the shore, is not,my friend, a frivolous pursuit: Cicero, whom Senecadesignates as a genius, equal to the majesty ofRome, draws a delightful picture of the rural occupa-tions of Scipio and Laelius, at Caieta and Laurentum,when, retired from the restless pursuits of interestand ambition, they grew young in their amusements,and again derived pleasure from gathering shells on UNIVALVES. 113 the sea-coast. Cranch too, the elegant and scientificexp
The conchologist's companion . Mytilns. VenusArea. Cardiiim. T. Minna. Pinna. Cypraea. LETTER V. UNIVALVES. To To gather shells and pebhles on the shore, is not,my friend, a frivolous pursuit: Cicero, whom Senecadesignates as a genius, equal to the majesty ofRome, draws a delightful picture of the rural occupa-tions of Scipio and Laelius, at Caieta and Laurentum,when, retired from the restless pursuits of interestand ambition, they grew young in their amusements,and again derived pleasure from gathering shells on UNIVALVES. 113 the sea-coast. Cranch too, the elegant and scientificexplorer of the Congo, delighted in the same difficulties nor dangers impeded his re-searches. He climbed rugged precipices, he wasfrequently lowered down by the peasants from thesummits of tall cliffs, he waded through rapid streams,explored the beds of muddy rivers, and sought thedeepest recesses. He would even sometimes re-linquish the comforts of domestic life, and ventureout to sea, at Dawlish, for several days, entirelyalone, or in the small skiffs of the fisherme
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