COASTS OF AUSTRALIA. 
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haliotis; the inhabitant of the former made a 
coarse, although a savoury dish. There were 5. 
also varieties of the following genera: viz., lepas, 
chiton, cardium, pinna, nerita, two or three species 
of ostrea, a small mytilus, and a small buccinum 
of great beauty ; that covered the rocks, and at 
low-water might be collected in abundance. 
