RUDIMENTS
OF
CONCHOLOGY.
INTRODUCTORY.
"A box full of shells!" said Charles to his sister Lucy, who was looking over her treasures with great attention. "What can you want so many little shells for?"
"This box and its contents are the gifts of my cousin Jane," replied Lucy: "she said that I might have her whole collection, if I could find any pleasure in looking at shells without knowing anything about them. But I am not quite ignorant of the subject."
"Shells are pretty enough," said Charles; "but how troublesome to distinguish the differences between each kind! I like plants better than shells."
MULTIVALVES,
BIVALVES,
UNIVALVES.