408 



Tlie represeutatious of the uuimal in Di\ 

 Slistifr% vmkB at «11 correct ; that by 



tion of the external parts of the animal. 



This species of Nautilus is stated to he ealled 

 JCikay lajna, and Krang modajuj^ hy tlie natives 

 of Amboyiia ; and Bia papeda, Bia cojin, by 



This animal has. for a number of years, l)eeii 

 a (h's'idcmttun of scienee ; hut sfune doubt existed 

 vvhetlier it might not lla^e lieen captured with 

 the shell ; and the collectors, not vahiing the 

 dinm&t^ 0r Ireit^ unaware of the valu^ ^teelied 

 to it by u^ttt^jHitSa may have eattraoted and 



thrown it a^ ay. 



The two followiug aeoounts coidinu tlits sup- 

 position ; 1 place dependence upon the stute- 



ignofant of the form of the fish^ dlso 



Huawfire of its value : they knew it more from 

 tlie ijcantiful eoh>urs of its shell, than from any 

 other part connected with it. 



An officer: of Ms Majesty's ship Ariadne in* 

 fona^ im that he o&light the ivftht the 

 animal TS??itfiiii it, on a reef at the* tdmd 

 Pctiihrt, near ZuazUutr. nn tln^ rastn/i roa.^f of 

 Afnra, at the time himself and se\end otliers, 

 belonging to the ^hip, were .seeking for r^lielU. 



