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on the south-eastern shores of the island, at low 

 spring tides, as much as fifteen square miles of ledges, 

 rock pools, and miniature caverns teeming with 

 ocean life such as is seldom seen on our less favoured 

 English coast. 



It is not our intention to compile a catalogue of 

 the zoological and botanical life that belongs to 

 Jersey, as such a list would require years of careful 

 work, and would, moreover, be out of place in 

 "Notes"; but in referring briefly to the various 

 localities and their special features, we intend to men- 

 tion species which are either of interest in themselves, 



certain species are often limited, and in no place have 

 we observed this peculiarity so well as in Jersey. 



Away down among the luxuriant pools of /« ^/-(7w/£ 

 Sainbue is occasionally met with, a perfect colony 

 of a species which one may hunt for for hours with- 

 out success ; and such Crustacea as Thia polita, Nlka 

 edulis, CaUiauassa siibterranea, and many others are 

 seldom found by chance, but require a knowledge of 

 their particular habitat, and besides that a consider- 

 able stock of patience to obtain them. The same 

 with plants and land animals, though with perhaps 

 greater facilities for obtaining them. The beautiful 



Fig. 129. — Mail snjiinacia. 



Fig. 132. — Thi.i polita. 



Fig. 130. — CaUiauassa siibterranea. a. One of the internal 

 antenna ; b. base of external antenna ; c. right claw. 



or are likely, to attract the attention of the naturalist, 

 by their relationship to the particular locality in 

 which they occur. A remarkable feature in distribu- 

 tion, is the apparently restricted areas to which 



lizard {Lacerta viridis), although fairly distributed, 

 affects certain favourable spots, whilst its congener 

 {Lacerta agilis) is almost confined to the barely 

 accessible rocks and ledges which form the coast 

 line of Bouley Bay, on the north of the island. 



Roughly speaking, Jersey is eleven miles long, by 

 si.x miles broad, and contains about sixty-three square 

 miles. Its coast line is varied, and broken up into 

 eight or nine fine bays, with numerous smaller 

 indentations and inlets. 



On the northern coast, the cliffs are high and 

 abrupt, and consequently there is deep water close 

 in shore, so that no low tide hunting is to be obtained 

 here ; on the western shores, St. Ouen's Bay occu- 

 pying nearly the whole, the coast line is principally 

 formed of hills of blown sand which afford interest 

 to the geologist ; the shore being flat and sandy here, 

 the marine fauna is not very rich in consequence, 

 but embraces those species which are to be met with 



