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found, the raised portions of reef at high-water mark being 

 covered with thousands of Littorina pintado, L. picta, and Nerita 

 picea. We proceeded a mile or so further, and then examined 

 a rocky " flat " where the reef was full of deep holes in which 

 brilliant little fish of many colors were swimming, whilst on the 

 rocks were numbers of the Rough Sea Urchin (Podophora pedi- 

 fera) the "Haukeke" of the Hawaiians who esteem this and 

 other species as food. One had to be careful, as here and there 

 were " blow holes " which spouted the water high into the air 

 when a wave came in. 



Presently the first " find " was made of a fine Cypraea mauri- 

 tiana. Then a specimen of Acanthochites viridis was discovered 

 on a raised coral rock. It was whilst trying to remove this shell 

 that a big wave came in unexpectedly, knocked me over the 

 rock, whilst my torch, collecting bag, etc. went in different di- 

 rections, and a sandwich that I carried in my upper pocket was 

 reduced to pulp ! However, things were soon put right, and 

 now we began to find the shells. In the rocky pockets were 

 many Cypraea caput-serpentis, and various Cones, on the weedy 

 rock Ricinulas, on the raised reef Chitons, Helcioniscus, Littori- 

 nas, Purpuras, nerites, etc. 



The luck of the evening came to my friend who had ventured 

 out to where the surf dashed from time to time on the large 

 rocks, for he discovered five magnificent specimens of Cypraea 

 mauritiana. 



We had hoped to collect some specimens of Cypraea reticulata 

 which had been found upon a former occasion, but this time we 

 were disappointed. 



It was now getting late, and the tide had turned; so we re- 

 traced our steps and returned to our headquarters, the light of 

 the full moon making the track clearly visible. 



After some supper and a change into dry things we took our 

 blankets to the beach and slept until 5:00 a. m., being awakened 

 by the piping of Alaska Plovers busily feeding along the shore. 



The view in the early hours was very lovely, the moon still 

 shining whilst in the distance the orange and yellow rays of the 

 sun rising behind a bank of dark clouds with the loom of the 

 mountains and coast beneath. For miles on either side of us 



