CHAPTER 11. 



SUPERIOR CHARMS OF MARINE-HUNTIIfG — MORNING LABOURS— THE 

 HERMIT-CRABS — CORSICAX BROTHERS — FOOD OF THE CRAB — A 

 COMICAL FISH — ZOOLOGICAL PARADOXES — STUDY OF NATURE — 

 VITALITY OF SEPARATED PARTS — DEFINITION OF LIFE — ORGANIC 

 LAW OF DIVISION OF LABOUR — THE TEREBELLA : ITS SPONTANE- 

 OUS FISSION (bonnet's EXPERIMENTS), ITS TWO CIRCULATING 

 FLUIDS, AND DOUBLE RESPIRATION — STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION 

 OF ITS TENTACLES — ERRONEOUS USE OP THE TERMS MUSCLE AND 

 NERVE— ALWAYS CARRY A BASKET— THE LANES OF ILFRACOMBE. 



In the previous chapter, I endeavoured to convey- 

 some idea of the charms which the naturalist and 

 amateur may find in the dark fissures of frowning 

 rocks, the endless occupation and amusement of clam- 

 bering over ridges, creeping imder ledges, wriggling 

 into crevices, or exploring the under side of boulders, 

 while a summer sun is gleaming over the retiring sea, 

 and the white gulls are hovering almost as lazily as 

 the whiter clouds hanmno^ in the blue above them. 

 Above and around, the landscape ; in pools and cre- 

 vices, the game ; and by your side, pleasant companions 

 eager as yourself. My description of these delights 

 may have been thought enthusiastic by those to whom 

 such pleasures are unknown ; but in truth no enthusi- 

 asm is adequate, no description can reach the vividness 



