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  Panama 
  Shells 
  GEooRAraicAL 
  

  

  the 
  curiosity 
  to 
  know 
  more 
  and 
  to 
  know 
  more 
  accurately. 
  

   An 
  expedition 
  of 
  circumnavigation, 
  with 
  the 
  specific 
  object 
  of 
  

   investigating 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  the 
  testaceous 
  Mollusks, 
  

   through 
  several 
  tropical 
  marine 
  provinces, 
  would 
  accomplish 
  

   more 
  than 
  the 
  discovery 
  f)f 
  many 
  new 
  species 
  : 
  it 
  would 
  de- 
  

   termine 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  a 
  much 
  greater 
  number, 
  in 
  a 
  

   manner 
  which 
  would 
  justly 
  inspire 
  confidence. 
  

  

  Index 
  of 
  Places 
  in 
  the 
  Pacific, 
  which 
  are 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  Panama 
  

  

  Shells. 
  

  

  Acapulco. 
  A 
  town 
  and 
  harbor, 
  in 
  Mexico; 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  principal 
  and 
  best 
  port 
  of 
  

   Mexico 
  on 
  the 
  Pacific; 
  kt. 
  16° 
  55' 
  N.; 
  lonu:. 
  100° 
  54r"W. 
  

  

  An7iaa. 
  An 
  island 
  in 
  Polynesia. 
  Probably 
  Anna 
  or 
  Aana, 
  or 
  Chain 
  Island 
  ; 
  

   lat. 
  17° 
  20' 
  S. 
  ; 
  long. 
  145° 
  40' 
  W. 
  

  

  Arica. 
  In 
  Peru. 
  

  

  Atacamas. 
  A 
  seaport 
  in 
  Equador, 
  on 
  the 
  Pacific. 
  

  

  California. 
  Tlie 
  boundary 
  between 
  Upper 
  and 
  Lower 
  California 
  is 
  near 
  lat. 
  

   33° 
  N. 
  The 
  waters 
  of 
  Upper 
  California, 
  therefore, 
  belong 
  wholly 
  to 
  (he 
  tempe- 
  

   rate 
  Fanna, 
  and 
  tliose 
  of 
  Lower 
  California 
  almost 
  wholly 
  to 
  the 
  tropical 
  Fauna. 
  

   The 
  Fauna 
  of 
  the 
  Gulf 
  of 
  California 
  is 
  tropical, 
  at 
  least 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  Guayri.as. 
  The 
  

   importance 
  in 
  zoolo 
  y 
  of 
  distinguishing 
  between 
  Upper 
  and 
  Lower 
  California, 
  in 
  

   statements 
  of 
  habitat, 
  is 
  therefore 
  obvious. 
  New 
  Albion 
  was 
  a 
  name 
  given 
  by 
  

   Sir 
  Francis 
  Drake, 
  to 
  an 
  extent, 
  of 
  coast 
  which 
  includes 
  upper 
  California 
  and 
  Ore- 
  

   gon, 
  and 
  is 
  ofien 
  used 
  more 
  indefinitely. 
  

  

  Callao. 
  The 
  port 
  of 
  Lhna, 
  capital 
  of 
  Peru 
  ; 
  lat. 
  12° 
  2' 
  S. 
  ; 
  long. 
  76° 
  58' 
  W. 
  

  

  Caraccas, 
  B:iy 
  of 
  A 
  small 
  bay 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Guayaquil, 
  liext 
  north 
  of 
  Cape 
  

   San 
  Lorenzo, 
  between 
  ^° 
  and 
  1° 
  S. 
  lat.. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  mentioned 
  in 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  Gazet- 
  

   teers 
  which 
  we 
  have 
  consulted. 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  called 
  Manta 
  Hay. 
  

  

  Central 
  America. 
  Tliis 
  name 
  is 
  used 
  very 
  indefinitely 
  by 
  some 
  conchological 
  

   writers. 
  It 
  includes 
  on 
  the 
  Pacific, 
  only 
  Guatemala, 
  San 
  Salvador, 
  Nicaragua, 
  and 
  

   Costa 
  Rica, 
  from 
  about 
  lat. 
  9° 
  N. 
  to 
  15° 
  N. 
  Tlie 
  wliole 
  country 
  was 
  called 
  Guate- 
  

   mala 
  before 
  its 
  indc'pen(k'nce. 
  

  

  Ccrro 
  Azid. 
  A 
  town 
  in 
  Peru, 
  in 
  the 
  department 
  of 
  Lima. 
  

  

  Charles 
  I. 
  One 
  of 
  theGallapagos, 
  at 
  the 
  southwest 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  group. 
  

  

  Chatham 
  I. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  Gallapagos, 
  at 
  tlie 
  southeast 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  group. 
  

  

  Chili. 
  Its 
  northern 
  boundary, 
  about 
  24° 
  20' 
  S. 
  lat., 
  is 
  not 
  far 
  fioin 
  tlie 
  south- 
  

   ern 
  limit 
  of 
  the 
  tropical 
  Fauna. 
  

  

  Chiloe. 
  A 
  large 
  island 
  iu 
  the 
  southern 
  part 
  of 
  Cliili, 
  between 
  42° 
  and 
  44° 
  S. 
  

   lat. 
  

  

  Chiriqui. 
  A 
  town 
  in 
  Veragua, 
  Central 
  America, 
  on 
  the 
  Pacific 
  side 
  ; 
  lat. 
  8° 
  

   SO'N.; 
  long. 
  83° 
  28' 
  W. 
  

  

  