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Updated: May 29, 2025
These reefs are in places breached, and afford safe anchorage for the small trading craft. Outside, the sea gradually deepens; there is forty fathoms about six miles off shore: this part I have coloured red. In the published charts of Ceylon there appear to be fringing-reefs in several parts of the south-eastern shores, which I have also coloured red. At Venloos Bay the shore is likewise fringed.
In general, however, these specimens are more prized for their beauty than valued for their rarity, though some of the "Argus" cowries have been sold as high as four guineas a pair. One of the principal sources whence their supplies are derived is the beautiful Bay of Venloos, to the north of Batticaloa, formed by the embouchure of the Natoor river. The scenery at this spot is enchanting.
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