The conchologist's companion . -collectors, pointing out tothem the excessive and wanton barbarity of the method abovealluded to. I would even go farther, and refuse to purchaseany shells, the inhabitants of which had been subjected tosimilar torture. I once knew a lady, whose benevolent exertionsentirely did away the barbarous custom of pegging live lobsters,which formerly subsisted on the western coast. If ladies andgentlemen would act with similar firmness, they would oftenhave it in their power to do much good, and not a little to dimi-nish the aggregate of national cruelty, and consequent
The conchologist's companion . -collectors, pointing out tothem the excessive and wanton barbarity of the method abovealluded to. I would even go farther, and refuse to purchaseany shells, the inhabitants of which had been subjected tosimilar torture. I once knew a lady, whose benevolent exertionsentirely did away the barbarous custom of pegging live lobsters,which formerly subsisted on the western coast. If ladies andgentlemen would act with similar firmness, they would oftenhave it in their power to do much good, and not a little to dimi-nish the aggregate of national cruelty, and consequently ofnational crime. i2 116 CONCHOLOGIST S COMPANION. the Indians for drinking cups. The Spectre Shell,Concha Sfectrorum^ belongs to the same elegant species is thus named from a varietyof strange figures on the surface, which representrough draughts of terrible phantoms. The ground is-white, the figures of a reddish tint, forming threelarge bands, as if encircling in a mystic dance, thetop, the base, and Strombus. BuCcinum. Murex. Many valuable shells are included in the genusBuccinum, which signifies a trumpet. The rareand beautiful Bifasciatum, or, as it is elegantly UNIVALVES, 117 denominated, the Grass-girdled Indian Unicorn,appertains to this di\ision. The shell is white,shining like alabaster, and twice encircled with avery dark violet band, shaped like a tongue or wheatleaf, terminating in a white point. Buccini, of extraordinary size and beauty, aboundon the shores of the Red Sea. According to Strabo,the natives of the country wore large collars com-posed of them, both for ornaments and as same kind of shell is also mentioned in theancient books of the Hindoos, who call it Sancha. StrombuSy the Greek name for a species, signifiesto turn round, and well expresses its general con-tour. The Murex owes its designation to a numberof its shells, which are rough and rock-like. Severalof its species inhabit the English coasts. The Shell-Colle
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