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MTSIA.
shells and sea-side rubbish, bound together with lime, form-
ing a stone sufficiently hard for building purposes; part is
of such modern formation that pieces of brick were imbedded
with the shells, which would probably prove, on examination,
to be all of the species at present found in these seas. On
the coast was much sponge, but not ripe for use, the fleshy
coat of the animal still covering it. The small scallop-fish is
eaten as the oyster is with us, and is much esteemed: the
cockle is not exactly like ours, having a darker-coloured and
obliquely formed shell, but the taste is the same: both are
eaten raw. Here also are excellent little oysters, but smaller
than any we have in England. The sepia is much eaten here,
and also a brown shell-fish, in form similar to a large snail,
and larger than a pigeon's egg.
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62
MTSIA.
shells and sea-side rubbish, bound together with lime, form-
ing a stone sufficiently hard for building purposes; part is
of such modern formation that pieces of brick were imbedded
with the shells, which would probably prove, on examination,
to be all of the species at present found in these seas. On
the coast was much sponge, but not ripe for use, the fleshy
coat of the animal still covering it. The small scallop-fish is
eaten as the oyster is with us, and is much esteemed: the
cockle is not exactly like ours, having a darker-coloured and
obliquely formed shell, but the taste is the same: both are
eaten raw. Here also are excellent little oysters, but smaller
than any we have in England. The sepia is much eaten here,
and also a brown shell-fish, in form similar to a large snail,
and larger than a pigeon's egg.
LV
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J"-''!-..
** -.. ,
.—...
— •-.r