AMMONITES

A genus of fo il shells, sving |s0 named from their resemblance to the ” up| twisted horns in the representations of ¢,in|the god Ammon. The ehells were abl, chambered, Above two bundred epecics of |have bocn enumerated, varying in size, egan | the largest reaching # diameter of from ‘tune | three to four feet. ed eye er iy at | meaning “ engag ~ is ¥ of only used in es ae “to ron amok,” dged {signifying to ek through the streets ates, | striking indiscriminately at the pa ers-by, ntine |an act not uncommon among the Malays sited | when under the influence of “ bhang” nder | or oe is of OE, 8 geet Came ee caeeey 28.6 b an | small is i and the game name in the 2s of | Straits of Fokien, po e es one of the man, | finest harbours in the world. It was ono cum- | of the ports thrown open to foreigners by raph- | the treaty of 1842, and now bas a con the | alder able trade, tea and sugar, * jand importing opium and goods, ‘lolet! [s. 43]