388 CERTAIN ANTIQUITIES OF THE FLORIDA WEST-COAST. 



A massive Fulgur perversum is shown in Fig. 36, which, unlike the other 

 shells described, did not come from the surface but lay, one foot down, in the muck 

 in the main canal at Mound Island, Estero Bay. In this specimen are present the 

 small hole above the shoulder and the partial removal of the body whorl from the 

 edge back. A deep notch allowed a handle to pass to the left of the axis through 

 a round hole in the back of the shell. The massive beak is ground to a straight 

 cutting edge, which would be at a slight angle to a handle. 



Fig. 37.— Shell i 



Mound Island. (Full s 



Fig. 37 shows a Fulgur perversum, also from Mound Island, with considerable 

 portions removed and in all respects similar to a specimen previously described save 

 that, in place of the double perforation allowing a handle to pass to the right of the 

 axis, the handle, resting in a notch, would pass to the left of the axis through a 

 circular hole on the farther side. 



