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The other is an almost purely local use of the cowrie. A large specimen of 

 Gijprcea tigris is employed for polishing the cloth that is used for covering Parsi 

 hats. The cloth is imported from China and the highly glazed surface is 

 obtained by rubbing the face of it -with a cowrie shell to which a little cocoanut 

 oil has been previously applied. 



Finally, may I be allowed to appeal to any of our members, who may be in a 

 position to do so, to contribute any further notes on the uses to which shells 

 and shell-fish are put in this country, or further details of those to which I have 

 alluded. 



