mollusk-beds

Updated: September 28, 2025

Cameron, observing for his map, was surprised by the windings of the bed; we seemed ever within hearing of the sea. Every shoal bred oysters in profusion, young mangroves sprouted from the submerged mollusk-beds, and the 'forests of the sea' were peopled with land-crabs.

Sir Richard Francis Burton - To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II: A Personal Narrative