Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · New York : Scribner · leaf 197
wing letter shows: l82 THE LETTER-BOX. [December, Galveston, Texas, Sept. 9, 1881.Dear Sir : I noticed your request to some dweller by the ocean,to write a description of the sand-dollar and its habits. I caughtone while I was in bathing in the Gulf of Mexico. It was the firstone that I had ever… … warded. Its zoologicalname is ClyPfoster Ro-sacciis (rosy shield-star) ; and it be-longs to the family of Ecki?u>der- tnaia or sea-urchins. It is supplied with six ambulacra, orfeet. I have often picked them up on the beach here. Theyrarely exceed two inches in width.—Yours truly, Philip C.…
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