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ANTIIOZOA ASTEROIDA. 



pecially when they make use of muscles to bait their hooks. Great 

 numbers have been taken on the coast of Scotland, especially near 

 Aberdeen," Ellis. Hebrides, Mr. MacAndrew. Zetland, U. Forbes. 

 It has not been found in Cornwall, nor perhaps in Devon ; and 

 is probably rare in the south of England. 



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Our fishermen call this zoophyte the Coclcs-comh, a name which is 

 not unapt, but less expressive of its general form than that of Sea- 

 pen conferred by naturalists. It is from two to four inches in length, 

 and of a uniform purplish-red colour, except at the tip or base of the 

 stalk, where it is pale orange-yellow. The skin is thickish, very 

 tough, and of curious structure, being composed of minute crystalline 

 cylinders, densely arranged in straight lines, and held together by a 

 firm gelatinous matter or membrane. These cylinders are about six 

 times their diameter in length, straight and even, or sometimes 



