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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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