THE CAPTURED COWRY's Archive site has the cowry-related articles
from the 1977 HAWAIIAN SHELL NEWS added to its previous 17
years of information from this publication.
 
The site also includes items from Griffiths' THE COWRY, plus Groves'
CYPRAEACEAN & TRIVIACEAN LITERATURE (augmented with links to articles
in THE CAPTURED COWRY's Archive site) and two indices to the Archives
by Author and by date of publication.
 
The URL is  http://www.geocities.com/~makuabob/  for the Archive site
 
and  http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Paradise/6061/HSN77.HTM
for the most recently completed year.
 
The HSN was beginning to 'hit its stride' about this time. This
year has a couple of 'travel logs'; one to American Samoa, with a
splendid list of families found, where they were found, and a map of
Pago Pago harbor; another take you to the Cape Verde islands.
 
Also, the final issue is dedicated entirely to the 'new' cowries
(twenty years ago) with plenty of images. In fact, be prepared for
an extended loading time unless you're on a T1 line.
 
 
Aloha,
 
makuabob (a.k.a. Bob Dayle)