THE WONDERS OF THE SHORE. 165 
feather kind, to the white-horned Hesperus, the 
orange-horned Aurora, and a rich lilac and crimson 
variety, which does not seem to agree with either the 
Lilacinia or Rubicunda of Gosse. A more beautiful 
living bouquet could hardly be seen, than might be 
made of the varieties of this single species, from this 
one place. 
On the outside sands between the end of the 
Marina and the Martello tower, you may find, at 
very low tides, great numbers of a sand-tube, about 
three inches long, standing up out of the sand. I do 
not mean the tubes of the Terebella, so common in 
all sands, which are somewhat flexible, and have 
their upper end fringed with a ragged ring of sandy 
arms: those I speak of are straight and stiff, and 
ending in a point upward. Draw them out of the 
sand—they will offer some resistance—and put them 
into a vase of water; you will see the worm inside 
expand two delicate golden combs, just like old- 
fashioned back-hair combs, of a metallic lustre, . 
which will astonish you. With these combs the 
worm seems to burrow head downward into the 
