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YOUNG CUP CORALS, Turbinarla conspicua et T. peltata. FORT DENISON, QUEENSLAND. NATURAL SIZE. 



transport. Even then 

 troubles were not at 

 an end. The huge 

 cases, in the absence 

 of jetty, landing 

 stage, or any suitable 

 machinery, were as 

 much as a dozen men 

 could handle and place 

 on board the steamer's 

 tender, and it was 

 with the utmost diffi- 

 culty that even so 

 large a company could 

 be mustered in this 



sparsely populated district. 



The large, foliaceous forms, Turbinaria conspicua, were packed intact, being, 



while almost equally bulky, of lighter structure. This species, it may be observed, 



covered extensive areas in Egg Island Bay, near Dirk Hartog Island, Shark's Bay, 



representing the site referred ^ 



to in a previous Chapter, which 



was selected by the writer for 



pearl-shell cultivation. Seen 



in their growing condi- 



tion, they presented a 



striking contrast to the 



dried skeletons 



exhibited in the 



museum. In the 



living state, the co- 



ralla of this species 



mostly vary from 



grass to a light 



glaucous green, 



While the entire 

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FOLIACEOUS CUP CORALS, Turbinaria conspicua. SHARK'S BAY, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. 



8AVILLE-KENT COLLECTION, BRITISH MUSEUM. 



