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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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