60 THE NAUTILUS. 



shells include those of British Columbia and Alaska, and land and 

 fresh-water shells from west of the Rocky Mountains. 



CLAMS AFFEOTKD BY SEWERAGE. The local quahog, or little- 

 neck clam, and scallop industry is menaced by action of the State 

 Board of Health declaring the shellfish taken in New Bedford 

 harbor and Clark's cove to be infected, and calling upon the commis, 

 sioners on inland fisheries and game to prevent further taking. The 

 number of men engaged in quahog-fishing here is about 300, and the 

 income involved ranges between $50,000 and $75,000. 



The sewers of New Bedford and Fairhaven all enter into the river 

 and cove. The eagerness of the fishermen, many of them French- 

 Canadians, has carried them nearer and nearer to the sewers, until 

 they are frequently seen at work at the sewers' mouths. 



The board has been making bacterial tests since last spring, and 

 reports that the shellfish are polluted by the sewer. 



The demand of the State Board will also affect the fall and winter 

 scallop fishing, another important industry. Boston Evening Record. 



ZOOLOGICAL RF/JORD FOR 1903 The Zoological Society of 

 London is now issuing *' special records." Each volume is divided 

 into twenty parts. The part (VII.) on Mollusca by Mr. E. R. 

 Sykes, assisted by Mr. E. A. Smith, has been received. It contains 

 85 pages, the matter being arranged admirably for ready reference. 

 It is furnished by the Society for 4 shillings. 



A NEW LOCALITY IN SOUTH CAROLINA FOR RKCENT AND 

 FOSSIL MOLLUSKS I write to call the attention of collectors to a 

 new locality in a new though old country. This is a long beach on the 

 ocean front, without breaks for thirty miles, as I am informed. An 

 ideal place for automobile explorations. I was only there for a half 

 day, and saw only a part of the shells, but they are there by the 

 millions. 



There are many Cretaceous, Eocene } Pliocene and Pleistocene shells- 

 as well as immense numbers of recent specimens. The locality is 

 " Myrtle Beach." There is a ten-mile railroad from Conway over 

 there and a good hotel. Conway is the county town of Horry (pro- 

 nounced " Oree") county, South Carolina, and has heretofore been 

 out of the world, but now has railroad connections with the Coast 

 Line Railroad, and is an ideal place for conchologists and botanists. 

 FRANK BURNS, Ph. D. 



