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BARNACLES. 
“TERE we come to a pygmies’ village,” said 
Miss Bremely one day when the party were 
upon the beach. “I can scarcely step without 
shattering their tiny towers, they stand so thick 
upon the rocks.” 
“When the little tenants of these castles 
‘take the curl papers out of their hair, and 
opening their two-valved doors look over their 
turrets, any small knight might be charmed 
into riding a tilt in their behalf,” laughed the 
doctor. 
“Don’t barnacles live in these little cas- 
tles ?” questioned Undine. 
“Yes,” replied Dr. McLean ; “though if you 
were to ask them who they were I fancy they 
would never know what to say. They have 
so many transitions I wonder if they know 
whether they are themselves or somebody else. 
In external appearance they resemble the mol- 
lusks ; in more important parts of their organ- 
isms they are crustaceans. 
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