. The sea-beach at ebb-tide : a guide to the study of the seaweeds and the lower animal life found between tidemarks . a mostsurprising manner. The species is very abundant in all the shallowwaters of Florida. A piece of meat on a string, left overnight in somesheltered sandy spot where there are from six to eight feet of water,will surely attract them. In Florida, where the waters teem with life,unless the bait is protected in a wire cage, the chances are that the hostsof crustaceans and fish will make away with it long before the strombscan arrive on the scene. (Plate LXX.) S. ffigas. One of
. The sea-beach at ebb-tide : a guide to the study of the seaweeds and the lower animal life found between tidemarks . a mostsurprising manner. The species is very abundant in all the shallowwaters of Florida. A piece of meat on a string, left overnight in somesheltered sandy spot where there are from six to eight feet of water,will surely attract them. In Florida, where the waters teem with life,unless the bait is protected in a wire cage, the chances are that the hostsof crustaceans and fish will make away with it long before the strombscan arrive on the scene. (Plate LXX.) S. ffigas. One of the largest of gasteropods, very common on theFlorida Keys and also occurring in southern Florida. Hundreds ofthousands of these shells have been sent to Europe from the Bahamasto be cut into cameos. This familiar shell is to be seen everywhere inthe Southj, placed about flower-gardens and lining the paths and walksin yards. It is generally known in Florida and the West Indies as the conch-shell. The animal is used as food in Key West, and is verygenerally eaten throughout the Bahamas. From their habit of eating.
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