A SEA-BOTTOM MODEL. (above) 
Nothing convenient and suitable for cultivating marine shells is found in the city of Kydéto, for it is more 
than 30 miles to the nearest sea-shore. So the museum cultivates merely certain fresh-water species. 
Our president, regretting this, intends to make some models of the sea-bottom similar to that in the illustration 
to make up for this lack, and also to bring the world under water to the light. 
A MODEL OF “SHIOHIGARI”, SHELL-GATHERING AT LOW TIDE. (below) 
In olden times in Japan, in April, in the time of the spring-tide, people went on excursions to the sea-shore, 
where dry-beds were to be found at the ebb-tide. While the waters flowed far away, they had a good time, 
catching fish, or shell-fish, | This was called “Shiohigari”, that is, shell-gathering at low tide, an old custom 
still observed by some near the sea-shore, 
The model here exhibited shows what a good time these young boys and girls had in the shade of the green 
pines on the beach, gathering drifted shells on the white sand, Such scenes are often to be met with at 
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