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which is to be found in the same work p. 849-50, No. 84, 

 Having observed wood thrown up by the ocean on the 

 shores of the Western Isles of Scotland which were covered 

 with Barnacles, (from the figure and description probably 

 Lepas anatifera) he states that the pedicle " seems to draw 

 and convey the matter which serves for the growth and 

 vegetation of the shell and the little Bird within it." " In 

 every shell that I opened I found a perfect Sea-Fowl ; the 

 little bill like that of a Goose, the eyes marked, the head, 

 neck, breast, wings, tail and feet formed, the feathers 

 every where perfectly shaped, and blackish coloured, and 

 the feet like those of other Water- Fowl to my best remem- 

 brance" — "nor did I ever see any of the littleBirds alive, nor 

 met with any body that did ; only some credible persons 

 have assured me that they have seen some as big as their 

 fist ! ! 



The facts about to be laid open in regard to the Cirripe- 

 des are of so extraordinary and novel a nature, that they 

 would hardly gain credence did they not proceed from some 

 respectable source, or were they not placed within the 

 power of every Naturalist to satisfy himself of their correct- 

 ness without any remarkable degree of trouble. They were 

 partly, like many other interesting discoveries, the result 

 of chance rather than of design and industry, and were 

 at the same time accompanied by so many interesting cir- 

 cumstances as to render memorable the day on which 

 they first presented themselves to the notice of the author. 

 On that day April 28, 1823, devoted to the investigation of 

 some marine productions, he was returning home without 

 any addition to the stock of knowledge, when casually 

 throwing out a small muslin towing net on crossing the 

 Ferry at Passage, such a capture of minute animals was 

 made as furnished a treat which few can ever expect to 

 meet, and could hardly be excelled for the variety, rarity, 

 and interesting nature of the animals taken. Some of them 

 never before met with but in the great Ocean (Zoe Taurus); 



