Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 171, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1919 — The Money Cowry. [ARTICLE]

The Money Cowry.

The occurrence of the money cowry in Iceland and England has a curious origin. This species, a native of the tropics, is used as current coin in certain parts of Africa. Some years ago it was very abundant on the coast of Cumberland near the mouth of the Calder river. The specimens are believed to have come from the Glendowra, a vessel wrecked, off JSeas.cple. in a fog in 1873, She was homeward bound from Manna? atndjca.rrled 60 tons of cowries as fiart .oT< l iie'?*.qargo. As this means about’7o,ooo 000 shells, ’it may well be that money cowries will be picked up on. our northwestern coasts for many years come. Those found earlier on the coasts’ of Down, Ireland, were supposed to have ’come from a slave ship wrecked in the neighborhood.