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glaucus-or the wonders of the shore(鯉斥互帽)-及16何蛍
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Next�察�what are the striped pears�拭 �They are sea´anemones�察�and of a
species only lately well known�察 �Sagartia viduata�察 �the snake´locked
anemone ��Pl。 V。 Fig。 3��5����。 They have been washed off the loose stones
to which they usually adhere by the pitiless roll of the ground´swell�察�
however�察�they are not so far gone�察�but that if you take one of them home�察�
and put it in a jar of water�察 �it will expand into a delicate compound
flower�察 �which can neither be described nor painted�察 �of long pellucid
tentacles�察�hanging like a thin bluish cloud over a disk of mottled brown
and grey。
Here�察 �adhering to this large whelk�察 �is another�察 �but far larger and
coarser。 It is Sagartia parasitica�察�one of our largest British species�察�and
most singular in this�察�that it is almost always ��in Torbay�察�at least�撮� found
adhering to a whelk�此 �but never to a live one�察�and for this reason。 The
live whelk ��as you may see for yourself when the tide is out�� burrows in
the sand in chase of hapless bivalve shells�察�whom he bores through with
his sharp tongue ��always�察�cunning fellow�察�close to the hinge�察�where the
fish is���察 �and then sucks out their life。 Now�察�if the anemone stuck to him�察�
it would be carried under the sand daily�察�to its own disgust。 It prefers�察�
therefore�察�the dead whelk�察�inhabited by a soldier crab�察 �Pagurus Bernhardi
��Pl。 II。 Fig。 2���察 �of which you may find a dozen anywhere as the tide
goes out�察�and travels about at the crab's expense�察�sharing with him the
offal which is his food。 Note�察 �moreover�察 �that the soldier crab is the
most hasty and blundering of marine animals�察�as active as a monkey�察�and
as subject to panics as a horse�察�wherefore the poor anemone on his back
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must have a hard life of it�察�being knocked about against rocks and shells�察�
without warning�察�from morn to night and night to morn。 Against which
danger�察 �kind Nature�察 �ever MAXIMA IN MINIMIS�察 �has provided by
fitting him with a stout leather coat�察�which she has given�察�I believe�察�to no
other of his family。
Next�察 �for the babies' heads�察 �covered with prickles�察 �instead of hair。
They are sea´urchins�察�Amphidotus cordatus�察�which burrow by thousands
in the sand。 These are of that Spatangoid form�察�which you will often
find fossil in the chalk�察 �and which shepherd boys call snakes' heads。
We shall soon find another sort�察�an Echinus�察 �and have time to talk over
these most strange ��in my eyes�� of all living animals。
There are a hundred more things to be talked of here�此 �but we must
defer the examination of them till our return�察�for it wants an hour yet of
the dead low spring´tide�察 �and ere we go home�察 �we will spend a few
minutes at least on the rocks at Livermead�察 �where awaits us a strong´
backed quarryman�察�with a strong´backed crowbar�察�as is to be hoped ��for
he snapped one right across there yesterday�察 �falling miserably on his
back into a pool thereby���察 �and we will verify Mr。 Gosse's observation�察�
that ´
;When once we have begun to look with curiosity on the strange
things that ordinary people pass over without notice�察 �our wonder is
continually excited by the variety of phase�察�and often by the uncouthness
of form�察�under which some of the meaner creatures are presented to us。
And this is very specially the case with the inhabitants of the sea。 We
can scarcely poke or pry for an hour among the rocks�察�at low´water mark�察�
or walk�察�with an observant downcast eye�察�along the beach after a gale�察�
without finding some oddly´fashioned�察�suspicious´looking being�察�unlike
any form of life that we have seen before。 The dark concealed interior
of the sea becomes thus invested with a fresh mystery�察�its vast recesses
appear to be stored with all imaginable forms�察 �and we are tempted to
think there must be multitudes of living creatures whose very figure and
structure have never yet been suspected。
;'O sea� �old sea� �who yet knows half Of thy wonders or thy pride��';
GOSSE'S AQUARIUM�察�pp。 226�察�227。
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These words have more than fulfilled themselves since they were
written。 Those Deep´Sea dredgings�察 �of which a detailed account will
be found in Dr。 Wyville Thomson's new and most beautiful book�察 �The
Depths of the Sea�察─ �have disclosed�察 �of late years�察 �wonders of the deep
even more strange and more multitudinous than the wonders of the shore。
The time is past when we thought ourselves bound to believe�察 �with
Professor Edward Forbes�察 �that only some hundred fathoms down�察 �the
inhabitants of the sea´bottom ;become more and more modified�察 �and
fewer and fewer�察�indicating our approach towards an abyss where life is
either extinguished�察 �or exhibits but a few sparks to mark it's lingering
presence。;
Neither now need we indulge in another theory which had a certain
grandeur in it�察�and was not so absurd as it looks at first sight�察 � namely�察�
that�察 �as Dr。 Wyville Thomson puts it�察 �picturesquely enough�察 �in going
down the sea water became�察 �under the pressure�察 �gradually heavier and
heavier�察�and that all the loose things floated at different levels�察�according
to their specific weight�察 � skeletons of men�察�anchors and shot and cannon�察�
and last of all the broad gold pieces lost in the wreck of many a galleon
off the Spanish Main�察 �the whole forming a kind of 'false bottom' to the
ocean�察�beneath which there lay all the depth of clear still water�察�which
was heavier than molten gold。;
The facts are�察�first that water�察�being all but incompressible�察�is
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