14. 



the limpets, clams, muscles, &c. consequently 

 they are higlily interesting. 



In crossing the Pacific, the Sandwich Islands 

 are sometimes visited; the shells from whence 

 are in great request. To the soutli of the line, 

 is the rich group of the Marquesas and the So- 

 ciety Islands, from whence we have maiiy beau- 

 tiful and rare shells, chiefly collected by Circum- 

 navigators. Here the commanders of whale 

 ships, &c. are particularly requested to pay 

 every attention, and to gather up whatever is 

 strewed on the beach, and the limpets, which 

 adhere to the rocks, as well as what land and 

 fresh water shells they can possibly procure. 



The shells from Dusky Bay, New Zealand, 

 and all along the coast, also the reefs about New 

 Holland, particularly the western part, King 

 George Island, the Marian Islands, Port Jack- 

 son, &c. will most amply remunerate the trouble 



