42 A MANUAL 



CHAPTER III. 



WHAT IS ITS NAME 



Time : after breakfast. Scene : if the draioing' 

 room, enlivened by the mingled curiosity and 

 disgust of the lady ijortion of the family, loho 

 do not approve of the unlimited introduction of 

 crocks and salt-irater among their crochet and 

 water-colours, and are apprehensive lest the 

 creatures should walk about the room and bite : 

 if the study, so much the quieter. 



Last night we turned out all our treasures in two 

 broad pans with plenty of sea-water, the larger spe- 

 cimens in one, the smaller in the other. To-day, 

 then, I wish to show you, as simply as possible, the 

 easiest way * of finding out the various names of the 

 captures which we have made or shall make at some 

 future time. 



* In this Chapter the subject is treated as popularly as 

 possible : in Chapter VI. the reader may see a statement of some of 

 the numerous difficulties with which it is invested. 



