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adhere to the suckers of the column ; these foreign bodies 

 are often present in considerable quantity, and are 

 pertinaciously retained for a long time, even in 

 captivity. 



Its general resort is not very low; from ebb neap-tide 

 downward may be considered its range : but the var. 

 aurora affects a much higher level, habitually dwelling 

 near high-water mark, but then it is invariably in some 

 little hollow of the rock in which the water stands. 



Several of the varieties have been found at Morecambe 

 Bay, by my friend Mr. F. II. West. He describes the 

 locality as " a low, flat, sandy shore, remarkably dreary 

 and uninviting for the sea-coast, and without so much as 

 a rock in sight. The tide goes out a considerable distance ; 

 perhaps three-quarters of a mile, or even more, laying bare 

 an almost unbroken expanse of what is rather mud than 

 sand, very soft and tenacious. Towards the south side of 

 the Bay is a spit of firmer ground where a few stones are 

 uncovered, which can hardly be dignified with the name of 

 boulders, since any of them may be turned over without 

 assistance. Attached to these we find A. dianthiis, both 

 the pure white and orange varieties, mostly young. In the 

 course of an hour we found numerous specimens of these, 

 several varieties of troglodytes, some rather pretty pied sorts 

 of crassicomis, and of course the commonmesembryanthemnm. 

 Several kinds of Eolis, as coronata, papillosa, Drummondi, 

 and pellucida, are found here : — Sabella in abundance ; 

 and Sertularios, various. There are no rock-pools ; but in 

 the sandy hollows are Gobies, Blennies, Fifteen-spined 

 Sticklebacks, and Pipefishes ; not to mention young Con- 

 gers, that flop and flounder about when disturbed with 

 most unpleasant energy. . . . All the troglodytes, 

 including the orange-disked, present themselves through 

 the sand, much elongated, — the point of attachment being 



