CONTEXTS. . Xlll 



of the Phenomenon— The Honeycomb Coral — Its Parasites— Its 

 Structure — Its Populousness — Montgomery's Coral-worms — Spiri- 

 tual Analogies — The Heavenly Jerusalem 89 — 119 



CHAPTER VI. 



A Walk through Portland— Fortune's Well— Old Smuggler-Bow 

 and Arrow Castle — Church Hope — Vast Chasm — Resemblance to 

 Lundy — Southwell — Keeve's Hole — Awkward Accident — ISTatural 

 Arches and Pillars — Sea-weeds — The Tansy — Its Nest — The Pea- 

 cock's Tail — Seaweed Gardens — The Strawberry Crab — Its 

 climbing Propensities — Connexion between long Arms and 

 climbing Habits — The Cloak Anemone — Its Singular Form 

 explained — Unaccountable Companionships — Illustrative Exam- 

 ples of the Species — Efficiency of the Thread-capsules — The Rosy 

 Filaments — The Parasitic Anemone — Its Size, Form, and Colours 

 — Its Associations — Its missile Weapons — Rank Odour 120 — 143 



CHAPTER VII. 



Another dredging Day — Fading Memories— A Calm — Durdle-Door 

 — An Archway of Rock — A Walk under the Cliffs — Young Gulls 

 — The Cow and Calf — Search for Sea-weeds— A Breeze — Zoea of 

 Crab- Its Habits — Singular Capture of a Fish — Contents of the 

 Dredges — The Sea-mouse — Its remarkable Splendours — Inter- 

 esting Structure — Pennant's Ebalia — Its Habits — Its Fate — 

 Soldier-crabs — Resemblance to Spiders — Pugnacity — Curious 

 Associations — Parasitic Anemone — Parasitic Worm — "Snatch 

 and Swallow" — A Crab "moving House" — Details of his Pro- 

 ceedings-Prawns — Their Elegance — Eye-gleams — Manner of 

 eating — Cleanliness — A judicial Appointment — Its Mercy — Its 

 Extension to the Creatures — Examples of Animal Cleanliness — 

 The Prawn's Scrubbing Brushes — Serpulae — The Beauty of the 

 Animals— Their Watchfulness — A curious Stopper — Locomotive 

 Bristles — Comb-plates — Their Operation 144 — 176 



CHAPTER VIII. 



A Drag on Smallmouth Sands— The Abergavenny — Chalk Figure of 

 King George— Yarie Lies of Ground— The Little Weever — Flat- 



