. St. Nicholas [serial]. As we all believethat you know every-thing, will you nottell us about thesequeer shells? Theywere found on thebeach at Atlantic inclose just a appear to comein long strings, aswe have one stringabout ten inches long,and there are larger §ones than that. Theytaper toward the end of the string. I am exceedingly anxious to see myletter answered in the Nature and Science am, your ever interested reader, Elizabeth A. Gest. The specimens you send are whelk egg-cases. The short string of cases with the squareedges are of the whelk known to scienti
. St. Nicholas [serial]. As we all believethat you know every-thing, will you nottell us about thesequeer shells? Theywere found on thebeach at Atlantic inclose just a appear to comein long strings, aswe have one stringabout ten inches long,and there are larger §ones than that. Theytaper toward the end of the string. I am exceedingly anxious to see myletter answered in the Nature and Science am, your ever interested reader, Elizabeth A. Gest. The specimens you send are whelk egg-cases. The short string of cases with the squareedges are of the whelk known to scientists asFulgur carica; those in the longer string with sharp edges are ofthe Fidgur canali-culate/,. The square-edged cases are es-pecially cutting nearlyaround the rim witha knife or scissors,one side may belifted as if it werethe cover of a tinybox. The tiny shellsare packed, thoughrather loosely, butwithout any ap-parent order, inthis box, makingthe whole appearsomewhat like adainty bonbon-boxwell ONE OF THE CASES OPENED, AND THETINY SHELLS DROPPING OUT. STNICnOLflSLRJGUE-
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