176 TRAVELS IN THE EAST LXDIAN ARCHIPELAGO. 



specimens in every village. Here I secured one sBell, 

 the Stromhis latissimus, or thick-lipped strombiis " 

 that I had long been hoping to see. It lives iu the 

 deep water between these shores and the opposite 

 coast of Ceram, and I coidd not hear that it is found 

 in any other locality* Many species of long " spindle- 

 shells " (Fusi) are found here — some nearly smooth 

 and some richly ornamented with tubercles. 

 . I had now been on the island four weeks, and it 

 was time for the monthly mail to arrive, bringing me 

 letters from home. This exciting thought caused me 

 to forget even my passion for shells, and, promising 

 the natives I would come agmn and purchase all the 

 specimens they could collect, I retunied to the city 

 of Amboiaa. 



