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pool, but I felt certain I could not be mistaken. No other Anemone 

 has tentacles and disc white, so I got rather better pleased, and 

 my spirits rose somewhat, but nothing else could I get but a Tuni- 

 cate and one or two Polyzoa. The next day, Tuesday, was nearly 

 a blank, and to make the thing worse, the next morning was very 

 wet — my spirits sank to a very low ebb. 



But next day I went out dredging, and my spirits speedily 

 revived, for Pipe-fish, Shrimps (two species), the common C. 

 vulgaris, and the other a fine species, Steiracrangon Alhnanni, 

 Hydrozoa, Polyzoa, and two spider-like crabs. I thought this a 

 great success, and my little dredge did marvels. I said to my 

 friend, the fisherman who was with me, I should have Uked to 

 have had a Starfish or two, but perhaps we shall be more lucky 

 to-morrow ; says he, " If you want Starfishes come with us to the 

 Calf of Man lobster fishery." Of course I agreed, so we started 

 for the Calf at 2.30 a.m. ; the sea was a bit rough. The 

 first pot we lifted had a little bit of something hanging to the 

 bottom of it, and on looking closer I found it was a Feather Star ; 

 all the pots but, I think, two had Feather Stars attached to them, 

 but many were broken in taking them off. However, I succeeded 

 in getting about a dozen, and left fully as many on the baskets. I 

 secured also many Polyzoa and Hydrozoa which, I am glad to 

 say, proved good ones ; the best was yet to come. We went about 

 one mile off the Calf of Man, in the open channel, to lift the 

 pots, but could only get at one, although they had two close 

 together, for the sea was anything but still, and the other could 

 not be seen ; the pot (and you know the size of these so-called 

 pots) was covered all round with Brittle stars, three or four thick. 

 There must have been several hundreds, and among them were 

 dozens of Galateas, and one Crab, Coai'ctatus, a beauty of a most 

 lovely flesh colour, and altogether like wax. My best Hydrozoa, 

 Hydrallmania falcata, and Diaphasia attenuata came up entangled 

 in the rope. I must not forget the pretty red shrimp, Pejidaliis 

 anfiu/kornis, and the little tw^o-spotted sucker, a most magnificent 

 lot. We had one or two more pots about the Calf to lift, but the 

 sea got so rough that we had to leave them as they were and run. 

 A half-hour's stiff sailing brought us home heavily laden, the 

 fishermen with crabs, lobsters, and w^helks, and I with such a lot as 



