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LETTERS FROM 
application. Gloves of any kind, when 
saturated with water, are a great incumbrance. 
I have procured two pieces of thick leather, 
like those which bricklayers sometimes use 
in wet weather, to prevent the skin of their 
fingers from being worn away by the bricks, 
but I have not yet made trial of my protec¬ 
tors. 
Should you be acquainted with any collec¬ 
tor about to visit Malta, he may be glad 
to be informed that an excellent place for 
finding chitons, indeed by far the best that 
we have discovered, is in the quarantine har¬ 
bour, close to the road leading from the 
island on which the lazaret stands, to the 
village of Sliema. The water here is about 
two feet deep, and the bottom is covered 
with large loose stones, on which will be 
found chitons of several species, and one 
kind (c. siculus) in great abundance. On 
