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                       Glaucus/or The Wonders of the Shore 



Glaucus/or The Wonders 

                  of the Shore 



                         By Chas Kingsley 



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     You    are   going    down�察   �perhaps�察   �by   railway�察  �to   pass   your   usual   six 

weeks   at    some    watering´place       along   the   coast�察 �and   as   you   roll  along 

think more than once�察�and that not over´cheerfully�察�of what you                     shall do 

when   you get there。        You   are   half´tired�察�half´ashamed�察 �of         making   one 

more   in   the   ignoble   army   of   idlers�察  �who   saunter   about     the   cliffs�察  �and 

sands�察  �and   quays�察  �to   whom   every   wharf   is   but   a   ;wharf   of   Lethe�察─  �by 

which they rot ;dull as the oozy weed。;                You     foreknow your doom by 

sad experience。        A great deal of dressing�察�a          lounge in the club´room�察�a 

stare   out   of   the   window   with   the   telescope�察  �an   attempt   to   take   a   bad 

sketch�察�a walk up one parade            and down another�察�interminable reading of 

the silliest of novels�察      �over which you fall asleep on a bench in the sun�察�

and probably have          your umbrella stolen�察�a purposeless fine´weather sail 

in   a   yacht�察   �accompanied         by   many     ineffectual    attempts     to  catch   a 

mackerel�察�and        the consumption of many cigars�察�while your boys deafen 

your     ears�察  �and     endanger     your    personal    safety�察  �by   blazing    away     at 

innocent      gulls and willocks�察�who go off to die slowly�察�a sport which you 

feel to be wanton�察�and cowardly�察�and cruel�察�and yet cannot find in                      your 

heart to stop�察�because ;the lads have nothing else to do�察�and                  at all events 

it keeps them out of the billiard´room�察─�and after               all�察�and worst of all�察�at 

night   a   soulless   RECHAUFFE   of   third´rate          London   frivolity�此      �this   is 

the life´in´death in which thousands             spend the golden weeks of summer�察�

and in which you confess with a             sigh that you are going to spend them。 

     Now   I   will   not   be   so   rude   as   to   apply   to   you   the   old   hymn´distich 

about one who 

       ; ´ finds some mischief still For idle hands to do�此─�

       but does it not seem to you�察�that there must surely be many a thing 

worth looking at earnestly�察�and thinking over earnestly�察�in a world                      like 

this�察�about the making of the least part whereof God has                   employed ages 

and   ages�察  �further   back   than   wisdom   can   guess   or     imagination   picture�察�

and upholds that least part every moment by                laws and forces so complex 

and so   wonderful�察 �that science�察 �when it           tries   to   fathom  them�察 �can   only 

learn   how   little   it   can   learn�拭 �And     does   it   not   seem   to   you   that   six 

weeks' rest�察�free from the cares            of town business and the whirlwind of 



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town     pleasure�察   �could    not   be   better    spent    than   in  examining      those 

wonders a little�察�instead of         wandering up and down like the many�察�still 

wrapt up each in his         little world of vanity and self´interest�察�unconscious 

of what and       where they really are�察�as they gaze lazily around at earth and 

sea    and sky�察�and have 

       ;No speculation in those eyes Which they do glare withal;�拭�

       Why  not�察 �then�察�try  to   discover  a  few of   the Wonders of   the   Shore�拭�

For wonders there are there around you at every step�察�stranger than                    ever 

opium´eater   dreamed�察  �and   yet   to   be   seen   at   no   greater   expense    than   a 

very little time and trouble。 

     Perhaps      you    smile�察   �in   answer�察    �at  the   notion     of   becoming      a 

;Naturalist�此─�and yet you cannot deny that there must be a                  fascination in 

the study of Natural History�察�though what it is is              as yet unknown to you。 

Your      daughters�察    �perhaps�察    �have    been    seized      with     the   prevailing 

;Pteridomania�察─�and are collecting and buying                 ferns�察�with Ward's cases 

wherein to keep them ��for which you have                 to pay���察�and wrangling over 

unpronounceable names of species ��which                  seem to he different in each 

new     Fern´book      that  they   buy���察   �till  the  Pteridomania        seems    to  you 

somewhat       of   a  bore�此   �and    yet   you   cannot     deny     that  they   find   an 

enjoyment in it�察�and are more active�察�more               cheerful�察�more self´forgetful 

over it�察�than they would have been             over novels and gossip�察�crochet and 

Berlin´wool。       At least you will       confess that the abomination of ;Fancy´ 

work;   ´   that   standing   cloak     for   dreamy   idleness   ��not   to   mention   the 

injury    which     it  does   to   poor    starving    needlewomen��        ´  has   all  but 

vanished from  your         drawing´room since the ;Lady´ferns; and ;Venus's 

hair;   appeared�察     �and   that   you   could   not   help   yourself   looking   now   and 

then at the      said ;Venus's hair�察─�and agreeing that Nature's real beauties 

were     somewhat   superior   to   the   ghastly  woollen   caricatures   which   they 

had     superseded。 

     You     cannot    deny�察  �I  say�察 �that   there   is  a  fascination    in  this  same 

Natural History。       For do not you�察�the London merchant�察�recollect                  how 

but   last   summer   your   douce   and   portly   head´clerk   was   seized   by      two 

keepers in the act of wandering in Epping Forest at dead of                  night�察�with a 

dark     lantern�察  �a   jar  of   strange    sweet    compound�察      �and    innumerable 



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pocketfuls   of   pill´boxes�察  �and   found   it   very  difficult    to   make   either   his 

captors or you believe that he was neither going                to burn wheat´ricks�察�nor 

poison   pheasants�察  �but   was   simply   ;sugaring        the   trees   for   moths�察─  �as   a 

blameless   entomologist�拭         �And   when�察  �in     self´justification�察  �he   took   you 

to his house in Islington�察�and          showed you the glazed and corked drawers 

full of delicate insects�察      �which had evidently cost him in the collecting the 

spare hours of       many busy years�察�and many a pound�察�too�察�out of his small 

salary�察   �were you not a little puzzled to make out what spell there could 

be    in those ;useless; moths�察�to draw out of his warm bed�察�twenty miles 

down the Eastern Counties Railway�察�and into the damp forest like a                      deer´ 

stealer�察�a sober white´headed Tim Linkinwater like him�察�your                      very best 

man of business�察�given to the reading of Scotch political                   economy�察�and 

gifted with peculiarly clear notions on the currency               question�拭�

     It   is   puzzling�察  �truly。 I   shall   be   very   glad   if   these   pages   help you 

somewhat toward solving the puzzle。 

     We shall agree at least that the study of Natural History has                  become 

now´a´days an honourable one。              A Cromarty stonemason was               till lately 

´   God   rest   his   noble   soul�    �   the   most   important   man   in   the   City   of 

Edinburgh�察      �by   dint   of  a  work    on   fossil   fishes�察  �and   the    successful 

investigator   of   the   minutest   animals   takes   place       unquestioned   among 

men of genius�察�and�察�like the philosopher of old               Greece�察�is considered�察�by 

virtue of his science�察�fit company for           dukes and princes。         Nay�察�the study 

is now more than honourable�察�it              is ��what to many readers will be a far 

higher      recommendation��         even      fashionable。        Every      well´educated 

person   is   eager   to   know   something       at   least   of   the   wonderful   organic 

forms   which   surround   him   in   every        sunbeam   and   every   pebble�察       �and 

books   of    Natural    History   are    finding    their   way   more   and     more    into 

drawing´rooms         and    school´rooms�察     �and     exciting     greater    thirst  for   a 

knowledge   which�察  �even   twenty   years          ago�察  �was   considered   superfluous 

for all but the professional        student。 

     What   a   change   from   the   temper   of   two   generations   since�察  �when   the 

natura

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