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there it now remains, apparently satisfied with its lot — where the hermit- 

 crab goes, there goes the Actinia. In our opinion, it has suffered from the 

 change ; it led a quiet life formerly, getting, it may be, a small, but, at 

 least, a sure supply of food. Now, peradventure, if it passes some of its 

 time in feasting, it must pass some of it in fasting. This comes from its 

 love of variety, perhaps; but the old proverb tells us, that "the rolling 

 stone gathers no moss." 



Perhaps the first part of the book that may be read by those anxious 

 to have an Aquarium, will be the last chapter, which contains instructions 

 as to the size of the tanks, how to prepare them for the animals, &c, 

 and how to obtain the animals for them. Were our readers ever at 

 dredging, which is the usual way of peopling the tanks with marine inha- 

 bitants ? If so, have they ever encountered that curious variety of the 

 human species — an unlearned, learned boatman — one who talks to you 

 quite enthusiastically about the objects of your search (like the guides of 

 the far-famed Giant's Causeway, who are sure to puzzle our fair sisters 

 with their Euclidean language) ; if not, let us, for one moment, introduce 

 to their notice our friend, Mr. Gosse's friend, Jonah Fowler : — " A clever 

 fellow is Jone ; and though only bred as a fisherman, he is quite an ama- 

 teur naturalist. There is nobody else in Weymouth Harbour that knows 

 anything about dredging (this is from his own lips, so to be relied upon) ; 

 but he is familiar with the feel of almost every yard of bottom, from 

 Whitenose to Church Hope, and from St. Aldham's Head to the Bill. He 

 follows dredging with all the zest of a savant ; and it is amusing, really, 

 to hear how he pours you forth the crackjaw, the sesquipedalian nomen- 

 clature. ' Now, sir, if you do want a gastrochaena, I can just put down 

 your dredge upon a lot of 'em ; we will bring up three or four on a stone.' 

 1 I'm in hopes we shall have a good cribella or two off this bank, if we 

 don't get choked up with them 'ere ophiocomas.' He tells me, in confi- 

 dence, that he has been sore puzzled to find a name for his boat ; but he 

 has, at length, determined to appellate her 'The Turritella,' just to astonish 

 the fishermen, you know, sir — with an accompanying wink and chuckle, 

 and a patronizing nudge in my ribs. Jone is a proud man when he gets 

 a real savant alone in his boat ; and talks with delight of the feats he has 

 achieved in the dredging line, for Mr. Bowerbank, Mr. Hanley, and Pro- 

 fessor Forbes. I must say, I found him no idle boaster, but able to 

 perform his professions ; and can heartily recommend him to any brother 

 naturalist who may desire to ' dredge the deep sea under,' in Weymouth 

 Bay, as one who knows what is worth getting, and where to get it." 



And now a word for the beautiful chromo -lithographs, of which there 



