THE TASMANIAN NATURALIST 
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On Sunday at 5.30 a.m. we left for the Kent Group, which we 
hoped would turn out a good collecting ground, but which really proved 
to be the worst spot we had visited, as far as bird life was concerned, 
even the mutton birds passing it by. However, we had a good day 
ashore on Deal Island, and were well treated by Captain Robinson, the 
lighthouse keeper, and family, whom I knew well years ago in Hobart 
From here it was our intention to go to the Hogan Group, but as 
the weather was so bad we decided to run for the Mainland and get 
shelter as quickly as possible. During this run we were in the worst gale 
we experienced on the trip, the boat rolling in an alarming manner, but 
she proved herself a good sea boat and came up to her bearings every 
time. When nearing San Remo we were struck by a squall which the 
residents say was the worst experienced on that part of the coast for 
30 years, and I only hope I am never in another like it. In this blow 
we lost a good deal of crockery, which we could hear smashing as the 
vessel rolled. We eventually reached San Remo at 7.30 p.m. and 
anchored for the night. During the night the wind and tide combined 
carried us on to a sand bank, and when we awoke in the morning were 
high and dry and able to walk ashore, which was a disappointing ending 
to our trip. 
As there was no prospect of getting the boat off for a considerable 
time, most of us decided to catch a small steamer that was at San Remo 
and go to Melbourne, where we arrived in about seven hours 
The members of the expedition numbered 25, three from South 
Australia, three from Tasmania, and the balance from Victoria; and a 
more sociable lot of people I never wish to meet. 
On some Castnariian Shells of Sconomic Value* 
By W. L. MAY. 
^T^URBO UNDULATUS, Martyn. This shell is a member of the 
J. great 1 urbo family, which in the Tropics are represented by some 
very large and massive species, several of which are much used for 
cameo cuttings. It has a solid shell, ornamented by undulating bands 
of dark and light green and a solid shelly operculum ; the species is 
widely distributed on our coasts and extends to Southern Australia. In 
New Zealand its place is taken by a similar but distinct species. Its 
station is at about low water mark, where it clusters together in numbers 
amongst crevices of rocks. It is frequently collected by sea-side residents 
for food and is in considerable esteem by them, and is known to fisher¬ 
men and old residents by the name of 4 Warrina/ no doubt an aboriginal 
name. It was a common article of diet with the blacks, as the 
numerous shells in their refuse heaps testify. 
Cantharadus eximius. Ferry. This the common ‘kelp-shell’ or 
‘ marrina of fishermen, is elongated in form, with a bright enamelled 
surface and an extremely varied colour pattern, from which circumstance,. 
