THE NAUTILUS. 



an d cemented it with beeswax, and it was a great benefit to me during 

 my visits to the inlets. Inside the inlets there are vast sand flats, 

 which are mostly covered at high tide and exposed at low tides. 



When the flats were exposed at low tides we found a great many 

 fine shells, such as Tag el us gibbux, Fulcjar pyruin, Natica Uvida 

 Sigaretus perspective, Neverita duplicata, Cardium magnum, 

 G. isocardia, Lucina tlgerina, L. dioaricata, L. pennsylvanica, 

 Oliua literata, Venus crib rarea, V. cancellata,' Geritliium liter- 

 atuin, G. muscarum, C. minimum, G. ftoridanum, Neritina vir- 

 ginia and Nassa mbe.x. In the shoal waters around the outside of 

 the flats, on the open bottoms and among the grasses, we waded around, 

 using the water glass by resting.it on the surface of the water, looking 

 through it. We could then see the bottom and everything on it as 

 plainly as though there was no water above it. There we found 

 Strombus gigas, S.pugilig, berculatus and S. accipitrinus 



by the hundreds and in all stages of growth, Fasciolaria distans, 

 Area ponderoxa, Atrina rigida (" Pinna muricata"), Dolium galea 

 and Pllcatula ramosa in limited numbers, and one each of Fulgur 

 peruerxum and Fasciolaria yigantea, each one ten inches in length 

 At the old inlet, in the shoal waters, I found a great many Itulla 

 occidentaUs, Venus macrodon, Macoma iampaensis, Modiola pli- 

 cat.ula, Liocardium mortoni and Mar.gmella apicina. On the 

 rocks at the mouth of the inlet we collected several hundred Purpura 

 hcemastoma and P. hsemastoma var. undata, while everywhere the 

 rocks were literally covered with Siphonaria lineolata and Littorina 

 lineata Orb.; but, as I already had all I wanted of these last, I did 

 not molest them. 



I do not know how many shells I would have collected during my 

 stay there, but Mrs. White put up a vigorous protest, declaring I had 

 more than I needed; and, of course, I had to respect her wishes, and 

 stopped. I, however, came home with a large trunk full of very fine 

 specimens. By this time, however,! have disposed of the greater part of 

 them, showing that her judgment about the number of shells needed is 

 not to be relied on. I believe, as the Means did in " The Hoosier 

 Schoolmaster," "While you are a gittin', git a plenty." Acting on 

 that advice, while collecting Ampullaria caliginosa and Planorbis 

 trivolvis, in the fresh water ponds back of Rockledge, I gathered at 

 least half a bushel of the large Ampullaria and hundreds of the Plan - 

 orbt's. 



