Biologists have occasionally mentioned something called a "drying shed" for their marine specimens. The archives of the Alabama Museum of Natural History indicate that Herbert H. Smith used a drying shed here on the University of Alabama campus for his immense collections of freshwater snails and mussels in the 1910's. Does anyone on Conch-L have personal experience with drying sheds? Would it help to be anosmic (unable to smell) to work in one? Andrew K. Rindsberg Geological Survey of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA