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glaucus-or the wonders of the shore(鯉斥互帽)-及22何蛍

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uniform�察 �who   is   so   invariably  to   be   seen   in   a particular   central     seat   in 

this section�拭     �That�察�gentle reader�察�is perhaps one of the              most interesting 

men   who   attend   the   British   Association。        He   is    only   a   private   in   the 

mounted guard   ��preventive service��   at an              obscure   part of   the   Cornwall 

coast�察  �with   four   shillings   a   day�察  �and  a   wife   and   nine   children�察  �most   of 

whose      education     he   has    himself    to   conduct。       He     never    tastes   the 

luxuries   which   are   so   common   in   the       middle   ranks   of   life�察  �and   even 

amongst a large portion of the             working classes。         He has to mend with 

his own hands every sort of             thing that can break or wear in his house。 

Yet Mr。 Peach is a         votary of Natural History�察�not a student of the science 



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in   books�察   �for   he   cannot   afford   books�察  �but   an   investigator   by   sea   and 

shore�察�a     collector of Zoophytes   and   Echinodermata ´   strange   creatures�察�

many      of   which   are   as   yet   hardly   known   to   man。     These   he   collects�察�

preserves�察�and describes�察�and every year does he come up to the                       British 

Association       with    a   few    novelties     of  this   kind�察   �accompanied         by 

illustrative   papers   and   drawings�此      �thus�察  �under   circumstances   the        very 

opposite     of   those   of  such    men    as  Lord    Enniskillen�察    �adding�察   �in   like 

manner�察�to the general stock of knowledge。                On the present       occasion he 

is unusually elated�察�for he has made the discovery of a                   Holothuria with 

twenty tentacula�察�a species of the Echinodermata                which Professor Forbes�察�

in his book on Star´Fishes�察�has said was             never yet observed in the British 

seas。    It may be of small moment              to you�察�who�察�mayhap�察�know nothing 

of   Holothurias�此     �but   it   is   a considerable   thing to the   Fauna of   Britain�察�

and   a   vast   matter   to   a  poor   private   of   the   Cornwall   mounted   guard。 

And accordingly he          will go home in a few days�察�full of the glory of his 

exhibition�察     �and   strong   anew   by   the   kind   notice   taken   of   him   by   the 

masters   of     the   science�察  �to   similar   inquiries�察  �difficult   as   it   may   be   to 

prosecute   them�察  �under   such   a   complication   of   duties�察  �professional         and 

domestic。       Honest      Peach�     �humble     as   is  thy   home�察   �and    simple    thy 

bearing�察    �thou    art  an  honour     even    to  this   assemblage      of   nobles    and 

doctors�此    �nay�察 �more�察�when we   consider everything�察�thou art   an                honour 

to   human   nature   itself�察  �for   where   is   the   heroism   like   that of   virtuous�察�

intelligent�察    �independent      poverty�拭      �And     such    heroism     is    thine� ─   � 

CHAMBERS' EDIN。 JOURN。�察�Nov。 23�察�1844。 

     Mr。 Peach has been since rewarded in part for his long labours in                    the 

cause   of   science�察 �by  having been   removed   to   a   more   lucrative         post   on 

the north coast of Scotland�察�the earnest�察�it is to be              hoped�察�of still further 

promotion。 

     I   mentioned   just   now   Synapta�察  �or�察  �as   Montagu   called   it�察  �Chirodota�此�

a much better name�察�and�察�I think�察�very uselessly changed�察�for                     Chirodota 

expresses the peculiarity of the beast�察�which consists in                ´ start not�察�reader 

´   twelve   hands�察  �like   human   hands�察  �while   Synapta       expresses   merely   its 

power   of   clinging   to   the   fingers�察  �which   it   possesses   in   common   with 

many other animals。          It is�察�at least�察�a     beast worth talking about�察�as for 



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finding one�察�I fear that we have          no chance of such good fortune。 

     Colonel   Montagu   found   them   here   some   forty   years   ago�察  �and   after 

him�察�Mr。 Alder�察�in 1845。          I found hundreds of them�察�but only once�察               �in 

1854     after   a  heavy    south´eastern      gale�察 �washed     up   among      the  great 

Lutrariae in a cove near Goodrington�察�but all my dredging outside                    failed 

to procure a specimen ´ Mr。 Alder�察�however�察�and Mr。 Cocks                       ��who find 

everything�察�and will at last certainly catch Midgard�察�the              great sea´serpent�察�

as Thor did�察�by baiting for him with a bull's            head���察�have dredged them in 

great numbers�察�the former�察�at Helford             in Cornwall�察�the latter on the west 

coast    of   Scotland。     It   seems�察    �however�察     �to  be   a  southern     monster�察�

probably  a   remnant�察  �like   the    great   cockle�察 �of   the   Mediterranean   fauna�察�

for Mr。 MacAndrew finds             them plentifully in Vigo Bay�察�and J。 M �l ler 

in the Adriatic�察�off      Trieste。 

     But    what    is  it  like�拭 �Conceive      a  very    fat  short  earth´worm�察     �not 

ringed�察   �though�察   �like   the  earth´worm�察     �but  smooth     and   glossy�察  �dappled 

with darker spots�察�especially on one side�察�which may be the upper                      one。 

Put round its mouth twelve little arms�察�on each a hand with                   four ragged 

fingers�察�and on the back of the hand a stump of a                 thumb�察�and you have 

Synapta      Digitata   ��Plates   IV。   and   V。�察 �from    my    drawings      of  the   live 

animal��。      These hands it puts down to its           mouth�察�generally in alternate 

pairs�察  �but   how    it  obtains  its  food   by   them   is    yet  a  mystery�察   �for  its 

intestines are filled�察�like an       earth´worm's�察�with the mud in which it lives�察�

and from which it        probably extracts ��as does the earth´worm�� all organic 

matters。 

     You will find it stick to your fingers by the whole skin�察�causing�察                  �if 

your hand be delicate�察�a tingling sensation�察�and if you examine                   the skin 

under     the  microscope�察     �you   will  find   the  cause。    The    whole     skin    is 

studded with minute glass anchors�察�some hanging freely from                    the surface�察�

but most imbedded in the skin。            Each of these anchors          is jointed at its 

root   into one  end of   a  curious   cribriform  plate�察      �  in   plain   English�察  �one 

pierced like a sieve�察�which lies under the             skin�察�and reminds one of the 

similar plates in the skin of the        White Cucumaria�察�which I will show you 

presently�察�and both of these          we must re
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