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Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 976, 27 December 1882, Page 2

One of tlie New Zealand judges, an impressive old gentleman, has been recently (says “iEgles” in the Australasian) spending a few months in Sydney and Melbourne for the benefit of hie health. Returning by one of tbe steamers, there was tbe usual day’s stay at that dreary place “The Bluff.” The day was cold and miserable, and several of the passengers found their way to a snug parlour of a little tavern frequented, as all are there, by seamen. A sailor was by the bright fire as the} T entered, and, perhaps'by way of entering into conversation, he, after a time, took a peculiar-looking shell from the mantelpiece and asked the judge, who was sitting near, if he knew what it was. Said his Honor, in his most dignified judicial manner, “ I am pot—ah—sufficiently scientific to say—ah—with certainty what it is, but I—ah—believe it to be a specimen of the Psammnbia Ferroemis. ” The expression of Jack’s face changed to one of seriousness, he replaced the shell as if it had been explosive, and speedily \ slipped away from the inn parlour.