For those fanciers of Cypraidae and Strombidae: The Archive Site of THE CAPTURED COWRY had a busy year in 1999 -- nearly 17,000 total hits! This January saw the trend continue with 1,750 more hits. I am currently adding the Strombidae articles from the 1960-1992 Hawaiian Shell News to the Archive Site. The years 1960-1963 are completed (I'm finding cowry articles that were missed the first time through, also) and I'm compiling a species list of Strombidae names already in the articles that are currently in the Archive Site. It may be a while before all of the additional articles are scanned, OCRed, and posted, but I hope to keep at it until it's done. (And if anyone can lend me the HSN issues for 1993 & 1994, I'll add their items to the Archive Site, also.) The Archive Site is at http://www.geocities.com/~makuabob/ Happy shelling and Happy New Year! Bob Dayle (makuabob) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com