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adhere to the suckers of the column ; these foreign bodies 
are often present in considerable quantity, and are 
pertinaciously retained for a long time, even in 
captivity. 
Its general resort is not very low; from ebb neap-tide 
downward may be considered its range : but the var. 
aurora affects a much higher level, habitually dwelling 
near high-water mark, but then it is invariably in some 
little hollow of the rock in which the water stands. 
Several of the varieties have been found at ]\Iorecambe 
Bay, by my friend Mr. F. H. West. He describes the 
locality as “ a low, flat, sandy shore, remarkably dreary 
and uninviting for the sea-coast, and without so much as 
a rock in sight. The tide goes out a considerable distance ; 
perhaps three-quarters of a mile, or even more, laying bare 
an almost unbroken expanse of what is rather mud than 
sand, very soft and tenacious. Towards the south side of 
the Bay is a spit of firmer ground where a few stones are 
uncovered, which can hardly be dignified with the name of 
boulders, since any of them may be turned over without 
assistance. Attached to these we find A. dianthus, both 
the pure white and orange varieties, mostly young. In the 
course of an hour we found numerous specimens of these, 
several varieties of troglodytes, some rather pretty pied sorts 
of crassicornis, and of course the commonmesemhryantliemum. 
Several kinds of EoUs, as coronata, papillosa, Drummondi, 
and pellucida, are found here : — Sal^ellce in abundance ; 
and Sertularice, various. There are no rock-pools ; but in 
the sandy hollows are Gobies, Blennies, Fifteen-spined 
Sticklebacks, and Pipefishes ; not to mention young Con- 
gers, that flop and flounder about when disturbed with 
most unpleasant energy. . . . All the troglodytes, 
including the orange-disked, present themselves through 
the sand, much elongated, — the point of attachment being 
