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From the islands between the north coast 
of New Holland and New Guinea, especially 
Timorlaut, Aroo, and the Banda Islands, ma- 
ny valuable shells have been brought: the rare 
Murex Aruanus is from these seas. 
To the westward, the cluster of islands at 
the east end of Java is finely situated for 
shells. At Timor, is a reef of beautiful red 
coral.—A captain of a whaler, while at this 
island, received from a fisherman, whom he 
had employed, numberless Echinites, Volutes, 
Cones, and Cardia; some rare Barnacles and 
Limpets; and Chitons of an extraordinary 
size. 
WE may judge, by the few collections of 
shells that have been brought from Batavia, 
that the island of Java must produce many 
