Mr. P. H. Gosse on Artificial Sea Water, 19 



Crustacea. 



1 Carcinus moenas. 1 Palaemon serratus. 



1 Porcellana platycheles. 1 Crangon vulgaris. 



Mollusca. 



4 Littorina littoralis. 1 Doris tuberculata. 



1 Purpura lapillus. 1 Pleurobranchus plumula. 



1 Murex erinaceus. 1 Mytilus edulis. 



1 Chiton (Isevis ?). 1 Ascidia ? 



Annelida, 



1 Borlasia? 



Zoophyta. 



5 Actinia mesembryanthemum. 1 Actinia nivea. 



4 bellis. 3 rosea. 



1 gemmacea. 1 venusta. 



3 troglodytes. 1 Anthea cereus. 



2 clavata. 1 Balanophyllia regia. 



I leave these facts to speak for themselves. They are better 

 than a thousand theories. Here is one vessel of water made 

 from my formula eight months ago ; here is another made four 

 months ago. Neither has at any time been changed, nor even 

 shifted ; the waste of evaporation has been merely supplied from 

 time to time with fresh [i. e. river) water. Both of them have 

 always maintained marine animals and vegetables in health, from 

 the first until now ; and both contain animals that have sur- 

 vived for the whole period. Finally, both have preserved their 

 purity and transparency. 



I shall be but too happy to show any scientific persons the 

 vessels in question, and to give any information in my power. 

 I am. Gentlemen, your obedient servant, 



P. H. Gosse. 

 58, Huntingdon Street, Barnsbury Park, 

 December 20th, 1854. 



P.S. Some letters which have been lately published by Mr. 

 W. A. Lloyd in the ' Athenseum ' confirm my experience. Perhaps 

 I may be excused for citing a few words contained in a private 

 letter from the same gentleman to myself : — 



" In reference to what has recently been published on an im- 

 provement (or a supposed improvement) on your receipt for the 

 manufacture of sea water, a friend of 'mine took me by the button 

 and said, ' My dear Sir, Mr. Gosse is altogether wrong ; he has 



not salt enough ; he has no / To which I replied, pointing 



to two fine Actinia dianthus in full blow in one of my vessels, — 

 * But if Mr. Gosse is altogether wrong, why do these Actinia 

 flourish ? ' This was unanswerable.^^ 



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