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necklaces. These necklaces arc made not 
with sea or land shells, but with the empty 
egg-shells of a sea mollusc which are washed 
ashore and collected principally • near Port 
Henderson and Port Royal. 
Land Shells. Collections of land shells 
have been made by a few persons who ap- 
preciate their value and some of these are oc- 
casionally offered for sale. To the average 
person the most tempting use to which a land 
shell may be put is that of a missile to be 
thrown at the offending individual who has 
dared to suggest that it may be a matter of 
interest. To the conchologist, however, 
J amaica offers most tempting prospects of 
valuable treasures. The limestone districts 
possess large quantities of shells, and have to 
a great extent, been unexplored by collectors. 
Several generic and many specific forms are 
peculiar to the island. 
CORALS. 
Jamaica, though not itself the product of 
coral work, is surrounded by coral reefs and 
no fewer than fifty species of coral can be 
collected off our shores. It is not believed 
that any of these are peculiar to this locality. 
World- wide interest is taken in the work 
of the coral “insects,” and much astonishment 
is felt that the vast coral structures in the 
Pacific Ocean and other parts of the world 
are the product of these minute organisms. 
The great coral constructions are the work 
of numbers of individual “insects” or coral- 
