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and cemented it with beeswax, and it was a great benefit to me during 
my visits to the inlets. Inside the inlets there are vast sand flats, 
which are mostly covered at high tide and exposed at low tides. 
When the flats were exposed at low tides we found a great many 
fine shells, such as Zugelus gibbus, Fulgur pyrum, Natica livida, 
Sigaretus perspectivus, Neverita duplicata, Cardium magnum, 
C. isocardia, Lucina tigerina, L. divaricata, L. pennsylvanica, 
Oliva literata, Venus cribrarea, V. cancellata, Cerithium liter- 
atum, C. muscarum, C. minimum, C. floridanum, Neritina vir- 
ginia and Nassa vibex. In the shoal waters around the outside of 
the flats, on the open bottoms and among the grasses, we waded around, 
using the water glass by resting it on the surface of the water, looking 
through it. We could then see the bottom and everything on it as 
plainly as though there was no water above it. There we found 
Strombus gigas, S. pugilis, berculatus and S. accipitrinus 
by the hundreds and in all stages of growth, Fasc/olaria distans, 
Arca ponderosa, Atrina rigida (‘+ Pinna muricata’’), Dolium galea 
and Plicatula ramosa in limited numbers, and one eack of /'ulgur 
perversum and Fasciolarza gigantea, each one ten inches in length 
At the old inlet, in the shoal waters, I found a great many Bulla 
occidentalis, Venus macrodon, Macoma tampaensis, Modiola plt- 
catula, Liocardtum mortont and Margtnella apicina. On the 
rocks at the mouth of the inlet we collected several hundred Purpura 
hemastoma and P. hemastoma var. undata, while everywhere the 
rocks were literally covered with Szphonarza lineolata and Littorina 
lineata Orb.; but, as [ already had all I wanted of these last, I did 
not molest them. 
I do not know how many shells I would have collected during my 
stay there, but Mrs. White put up a vigorous protest, declaring I had 
more than I needed; and, of course, I had to respect her wishes, and 
stopped. I, however, came home with a large trunk full of very fine 
specimens. By this time, however,I have disposed of the greater part of 
them, showing that her judgment about the number of shells needed is 
not to be relied on. I believe, as the Means did in “ The Hoosier 
Schoolmaster,” “While you are a gittin’, git a plenty.” Acting on 
that advice, while collecting Ampullaria caliginosa and Planorbis 
trévolvis, in the fresh water ponds back of Rockledge, I gathered at 
least half a bushel of the large Ampullaria and hundreds of the Plan - 
orbis. 
