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all tht' places visited. es])ecial stress bein^' laid iipdn llie securiiiL;- of 

 series of the nK)St beautiful of our Auierican laudshells. the tree snail 

 Lii^uus. anatomical material of all of which was preserved in order 

 that this LiTou]) iua\" also l)e subjected to a close scrutiii\- in an ana- 

 tomical way. \\'hat is said for Lit^uus also a])])lies to the e<iuallv 

 lar.i.je. thoui^h less brilliantly colored ( )xystyla. 



On the 7th the '" Anton Dohrn " left Miami for Indian Kev, sj^end- 

 inj.^" the ni.qht oti' Rodrii^uez Key, and reaching" Indian Ke\' earlv on 

 the following' day. By 10 o'clock Caj^t. Tracy. Mclvar. the Assistant 

 Engineer, and Dr. l?artsch were otT in the " l)ar\\in " with the skiff 



Fig. 43. — Characteristic vejietalion wliort- tlic prairie ami lianiniock 

 meet, Coot Hay region, Ca])c SaMr. Ilnrida. 



in tow for the Cape Sable reij'ioii. Thex- skirted the outside of the 

 Lower Matecumbe Key. passed through the viaduct and then headed 

 across the extensive flats of Florida Bay. The first ^lop was made 

 on Sands Key, where a burned oiU colony of Cerions and ;i well 

 nourishing colony of Oxystyla and i.i^uus were foinid. 



The ex])edition next headed for bdamin^o ( ity, which was reaclu-d 

 at sundown. ( )n .May 9 they explored the re.Ljion about Idaminj^o 

 City and the coast for several miles to the east, for ( eriuns, and other 

 mollusks. Cerions were not fotnid, but lari^c numbers of beautiful 

 Lij^auis and Oxystylas were noted i\iiy where. A hip w.i^ then 

 maile bv wa'-on to Coot I'.av. 



