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IXDISCRIMmATING COLLECTORS. 
call one of the boatmen, and ask him, saying with a 
smile, Japanese words were too nnmcrous, and his 
head too small to contain them all. 
Seeing the interest I took in objects of natural 
history, he kindly* communicated my wants to the 
fishermen of Tatiyama. The collecting, however, of 
these poor but willing hands was too indiscrimi- 
nating. They brought off large basketsful of broken, 
wave-worn shells from the beach, most of them more 
like each other than anything else. In consequence, 
when darkness veiled the ungracious act, they were 
quietly passed over the ship’s side, and the waters 
of their native bay closed over them for ever. 
