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l-:niil ci-ilis"* were mimvn\\\>. as wcro who the 

 >hrH> lA' tin- •2.('?h'ra Ct/fJ/vna^ TfUhiif. Miulnt, 

 CoHHSy Oiira, C//prm(, J/(typa, DoUian, Murex, 

 Tur^f Nvrita, and JJctitalium ; but although 

 this^'^ m indication ol ijte number about ^ 

 roa^it, yvt but very feM? procured iu which 



tlu; ;niiuia]s werv. found. Anioui^' tlicsc 



was a lUiiidK r of the Venus, and small species of 

 Valuta: the latter buried themselves with rapi- 

 dity in the §attd ; the aafeivi^ ^ajl ** Dun- 

 kirn/' Almost btiHtd in a d^e^p bl^trk nmil» 

 among which the roots of mangrove trees 

 almuuded, tlie trees haviug been cut down, I 

 fouud a numljer of white bodies growing from a 



in breadth, efjntainin*^- a watety Hvidf called 

 " Sepur" by the nativi!s ; they were not, how* 

 ever, eaten or used for any purpose by them, 



dier crabs, of di£f<^rent mze^ were running abont 



* Tlie general nama ^ <raJi among the natives on tJiis 

 utim 5s " Bio/if/,'' but all the ra^eiim -^^mm^ have iMnct 

 irames given Uiem. 



f They are evidently the ova of some fish, but ol' what 



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