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Excerpt from Index Testaceologicus, or a Catalogue of Shells, British and Foreign, Arranged According to the Linnean System: With the Latin and English Names, References to Authors, and Places Where Found As a guide to the comparative size of the different shells, a mark or a letter of the alphabet is added after the num ber engraved on the plate. Thus indicates a shell half an inch long; if three-quarters of an inch; a an inch; a an inch and a quarter; a an inch and a half; a an inch and three-quarters; (2 two inches; 0 three inches, and so on: n denotes shells of the natural size; and m such as are magnified. Thus in Plate I. Figure 15 is an inch long; fig. 16, an inch and a quarter; fig. 4, an inch and a half; fig. 1, mm inches; fig. 27, three-quarters of an inch; fig. 29, the natural size. In the genus Nautilus. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.