418 THE AQUARIAN NATURALIST. 



CHAPTER XLV. 



FOLIACEOUS AND INCRUSTING POLYZOA, FLUSTR^l, 



ESCHARS, ETC. 



" The morning is all sunshine, the wind is blowing free ; 

 The billows are all sparkling, and bounding in the light, 

 Like creatures in whose sunny veins the blood is running 

 bright." 



READER, if ever it has been thy lot, with weary head 

 and aching heart, to turn for relaxation from the 

 toils, the troubles and the cares of city-business, or, 

 with the pallid cheek of those 



" who wear their health but sickly," 



to find recruited strength in happy quietude arid 

 bracing exercise, no doubt thou hast been able to 

 appreciate the luxury of such a scene as here is spread 

 before us, and to enjoy a stroll along the shingly 

 beach, breathing health-giving air, in search of any 

 trifling object. The very search itself rewards the 

 pains. 



To the student of natural history, a walk along the 

 quiet beach affords tenfold enjoyment. The works of 

 the Creator that bestrew his path on every side are 

 all to him familiar friends, whose gentle admonitions 



