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of having but one iron scraping´lip like the oyster dredge�察�it should have
two�察 �one above and one below�察 �so that it will work equally well on
whichsoever side it falls�察�or how often soever it may be turned over by
rough ground。 The bag´net should be of strong spunyarn�察 �or ��still
better�� of hide ;such as those hides of the wild cattle of the Pampas�察�
which the tobacconists receive from South America�察─ �cut into thongs�察�
and netted close。 It should be loosely laced together with a thong at the
tail edge in order to be opened easily�察�when brought on board�察�without
canting the net over�察 �and pouring the contents roughly out through the
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
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