MR ART WEIL wrote:
>
> I can't find the book right now, but I believe I read in the BEST OF
> THE NAUTILUS a wonderful story about Janthina. I believe it was about
> 1911. If I remember correctly (and I seldom do), they came ashore by
> the tens of thousands at Key West. The writer harvested a great
> number of them and had purple hands and clothing for sometime after
> that. Would someone check that story out in the "Nautilus" book?
>         Art
 
 
You are absolutely correct.  A man collected hundreds of them in his hat
and in his pockets..he had dye all over everything.
--
Jim & Bobbi Cordy
Specializing in Self-Collected
Caribbean & Florida Shells