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THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGE H. 
shell were found loose in the box, and these I could replace. Under my care, how- 
ever, in spite of the most extreme solicitude, it met with sore disaster. The breaking 
Fio. 328 . — Guivillea alabastrina, Watson; natural size. From the Southern Ocean, depth 1600 fathoms. 
was so bad that the shell looked like a wreck ; the bits, however, were got into their 
places and fixed with cement, and some professional restorer may finish the work 
