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fully rick in marine forms, especially the latter point, where a larger 
number of the true Indo-Pacific species occurs. At Nagasaki crowds 
of fisherwives and their children go out every day at low tide 
and gather Tapes philippinarum Ry. for the markets. These are 
found in great abundance on the pebbly beaches of the bay, an inch 
or so under the surface. At a little fishing village called Mogi, on 
the Gulf of Simibara, where a small stream meets the sea, I spent 
two days in a conchological paradise. I shall not soon forget the 
thrill at my first sight of those splendid Indo-Pacific species alive 
and moving along, that I had only seen before in collections and 
figured in books. Here at low tide an exposed stretch of rocky reef 
was covered with Monodonta labio L., Purpura tumulosa, Chloros- 
toma lischkei Pils., Chl. turbinatum Ad., Chl. rustica Gmel., Turbo. 
coronatus Gmel., and an occasional Turbo cornutus japonica Rve. 
In the crevices of the larger boulders, hidden from the light, Huthria 
ferrea Reeve clings to the rough surfaces of the granite, and Litor- 
ina sitchana Phil. must be sacrificed at every step. Jn the little 
pools of clear water left by the receding tide, myriads of Umbonium 
glisten in the sunlight like gems, along with the more dingy Potam- 
ides. Under the stones are hidden all manner of nice things—the 
usual Tupes and a quantity of small species ; occasionally a pretty 
Calliostoma consors Lisch., and now and then a fine, large, spiny 
Murex (M. axicornis /) 
A sand- and mud-bank at the mouth of the little river is most 
interesting. Among a wealth of species and a profusion of speci- 
mens I stood dazed and excited. Fusus (two large species), with 
their brilliant scarlet-red bodies made furrows in the soft sand, and 
Siphonalia kellettii seemed quite as abundant. The large, fine 
Polinices ampla and Eburna japonica Sowb. thrive in the half mud 
half sand. Scattered along the shore and washed in from the deeper 
waters of the bay I found good specimens of Hemifusus, Rapana 
bezoar, Ranella lampas, Triton tritonis, Fascolaria trapezium, Siphon- 
alia cassidariaeformis and longirostris, Cassis pyrum Lam., and 
Astralium modestum Rye. 
Among a number of bivalves [ remember, in particular, Soletedlina 
boeddinghausi Lisch., Tellina praetexta Marts., Arcasubcrenata Lisch., 
Oytherea lusoria, Caecella chinensis Desh., Dosinea japonica, Mactra 
veneriformis Pecten japonicus and laqueatus. 
While collecting at this charming spot, I was assisted by a swarm 
of naked children, who vied with each other in finding specimens, 
