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mouth。      The dragging´rope should be strong�察�and at least three                   times as 

long as the perpendicular depth of the water in which you                   are working�察�if�察�

indeed�察�there is much breeze�察�or any swell at all�察             �still more line should be 

veered   out。     The   inboard   end   should   be      made   fast   somewhere   in   the 

stern sheets�察�the dredge hove to            windward�察�the boat put before the wind�察�

and you may then amuse              yourself as you will for the next quarter of an 

hour�察�provided that        you have got ready various wide´mouthed bottles for 

the more      delicate monsters�察�and a couple of buckets�察�to receive the large 

lumps      of  oysters    and   serpulae    which     you   will   probably     bring   to  the 

surface。 

     As   for   a   dredging   ground�察  �one   may   be   found�察  �I   suppose�察  �off   every 

watering´place。        The most fertile spots are in rough ground�察�in not                 less 

than    five   fathoms    water。    The     deeper    the  water�察   �the  rarer   and    more 

interesting     will   the  animals     generally    be�此   �but    a  greater    depth     than 

fifteen fathoms is not easily reached on this side of                  Plymouth�察�and�察�on 

the   whole�察  �the   beginner   will   find   enough   in   seven     or   eight   fathoms   to 

stock   an   aquarium   rivalling   any   of   those   in      the   ;Tank´house;   at   the 

Zoological Gardens。 

     In general�察�the south coast of England�察�to the eastward of                     Portland�察�

affords     bad   dredging      ground。     The     friable   cliffs�察  �of   comparatively 

recent formations�察�keep the sea shallow�察�and the                bottom smooth and bare�察�

by  the   vast deposits   of sand and   gravel。           Yet   round the   Isle   of Wight�察�

especially at the back of the Needles�察            �there ought to be fertile spots�察�and 

Weymouth�察�according to Mr。              Gosse and other well´known naturalists�察�is 

a   very   garden     of  Nereus。       Torbay�察    �as  may    well    be  supposed�察    �is  an 



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admirable       dredging     spot�察   �perhaps     its  two    best   points   are   round    the 

isolated     Thatcher     and     Oare´rock�察      �and   from    the   mouth     of   Brixham 

harbour to Berry Head�察          �along which last line�察�for perhaps three hundred 

years�察  �the   decks     of   all   Brixham   trawlers   have   been   washed   down   ere 

running      into   harbour�察     �and   the   sea´bottom     thus    stored   with   treasures 

scraped up       from deeper water in every direction for miles and miles。 

     Hastings   is�察  �I   fear�察  �but   a   poor   spot   for   dredging。 Its   friable  cliffs 

and   strong   tides   produce   a   changeable   and   barren   sea´floor。           Yet   the 

immense quantities of Flustra thrown up after a storm                    indicate dredging 

ground at no great distance outside�察�its rocks�察                �uninteresting as they are 

compared with our Devonians�察�have yielded                    to the industry and science 

of   M。   Tumanowicz   a   vast   number   of   sea´   weeds   and   sponges。           Those 

three     curious    polypes�察    �Valkeria     cuscuta     ��Plate     I。  fig。  3���察  �Notamia 

Bursaria�察�and Serialaria Lendigera�察            �abound within tide´marks�察�and as the 

place is so much visited by            Londoners�察�it may be worth while to give a 

few hints as to what         might be done�察�by anyone whose curiosity has been 

excited by the       salt´water tanks of the Zoological Gardens and the Crystal 

Palace。 

     An   hour   or   two's   dredging   round   the   rocks   to   the   eastward�察  �would 

probably yield many delicate and brilliant little fishes�察�Gobies�察                    �brilliant 

Labri�察�blue�察�yellow�察 �and orange�察 �with tiny  rabbit mouths�察                  �and   powerful 

protruding   teeth�察  �pipe   fishes   ��Syngnathi��   ��25��   with         strange   snipe´bills 

��which      they    cannot     open��    and    snake´like     bodies�察     �small     cuttlefish 

��Sepiolae��   of   a   white   jelly   mottled   with   brilliant    metallic   hues�察  �with   a 

ring of suckered arms round their tiny              parrots' beaks�察�who�察�put into a jar�察�

will   hover   and   dart   in   the   water�察  �as   the   skylark   does   in   air�察  �by   rapid 

winnowings of their           glassy side´fins�察�while they watch you with bright 

lizard´eyes�察�the       whole animal being a combination of the vertebrate and 

the mollusc�察      �so utterly fantastic and abnormal�察�that ��had not the family 

been     amongst   the   commonest�察  �from   the   earliest   geological   epochs��   it 

would      have    seemed�察    �to   man's    deductive     intellect�察  �a   form    almost    as 

impossible   as   the   mermaid�察  �far   more   impossible   than   the   sea´   serpent。 

These�察  �and   perhaps   a   few   handsome   sea´slugs   and   bivalve           shells�察  �you 

will be pretty sure to find�此       �perhaps a great deal         more。 



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     Meanwhile�察�without dredging�察�you may find a good deal on the shore。 

In the spring Doris bilineata comes to the rocks in thousands�察�to                    lay its 

strange     white    furbelows      of  spawn     upon     their  overhanging        edges。 

Eolides of extraordinary beauty haunt the same spots。                  The     great Eolis 

papillosa�察�of a delicate French grey�察�Eolis pellucida               �┌殖� ��Plate X。 fig。 4���察�

in which each papilla on the back is            beautifully coloured with a streak of 

pink�察   �and   tipped   with   iron   blue�察   �and   a  most    fantastical   yellow    little 

creature�察�so covered        with plumes and tentacles that the body is invisible�察�

which I     believe to be the Idalia aspersa of Alder and Hancock。 

     At the bottom of   the rock pools�察�behind   St。 Leonard's baths�察�may  be 

found hundreds of the snipe's feather Anemone ��Sagartia                   troglodytes���察�of 

every line�察�from the common brown and grey snipe's                   feather kind�察�to the 

white´horned Hesperus�察�the orange´horned                 Aurora�察�and a rich lilac and 

crimson variety�察�which does not seem               to agree with either the Lilacinia 

or Rubicunda of Gosse。           A more       beautiful living bouquet could hardly 

be seen�察�than might be made            of the varieties of this single species�察�from 

this one place。 

     On the outside sands between the end of the Marina and the Martello 

tower�察  �you   may   find�察  �at   very   low   tides�察  �great   numbers   of   a   sand´   tube�察�

about three inches long�察�standing up out of the sand。                I do    not mean the 

tubes   of   the   Terebella�察  �so   common   in   all   sands�察  �which    are   somewhat 

flexible�察 �and   have   their upper   end   fringed   with   a    ragged   ring of   sandy 

arms�此    �those   I   speak   of   are   straight   and  stiff�察  �and   ending   in   a   point 

upward。      Draw them out of the sand ´            they will offer some resistance ´ 

and put them into a vase of           water�察�you will see the worm inside expand 

two delicate golden        combs�察�just like old´fashioned back´hair combs�察�of a 

metallic     lustre�察�which   will astonish   you。        With   these combs   the   worm 

seems      to burrow head downward into the sand�察�but whether he always 

remains   in   that   attitude   I   cannot   say。 His   name   is   Pectinaria    Belgica。 

He    is  an   Annelid�察   �or   true  worm�察    �connected     with    the   Serpulea     and 

Sabellae of which I have spoken already�察�and holds                   himself in his case 

like   them�察   �by   hooks    and   bristles  set  on   each    ring    of  his  body。    In 

confinement   he   will   probably  come   out   of   his     case   and die�察  �when   you 

may dissect him at your leisure�察�and learn a               great deal more about him 



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thereby than ��I am sorry to say�� I know。 

     But   if   you   have   courage   to   run   out   fifteen   or   twenty   miles   to   the 

Diamond�察  �you   may   find   really   rare   and   valuable   animals。             There   is   a 

risk�察�of course�察�of being blown over to the coast of France�察�by a                        change 

of   wind�察  �there   is   a   risk   also   of   not   being   able   to   land   at night   on   the 

inhospitable Hastings beach�察�and of sleeping�察�as best                    you can�察�on board�此�

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