238 THE DEPTHS OF THE SEA. - [ CHAP. VI. 
mari immissus pondere ferrei apparatus fundum 
plerumque petit. interdum diuersorum et contra- 
riorum saepe fluminum maris inferiorum aduersa 
actione moleque ipsius funis plurium orgyarum in 
via retineri, nec fundum attingere creditur.” 
The figure of this first ‘naturalist’s dredge’ is 
taken from an ornamental scroll on the title-page 
of Miiller’s book. 
«Mundo iniacens ope remorum aut venti modici 
trahitur, donec tractum quendam quaeuis obuia exci- 
piendo confecerit. In cymbam denique retrahitur spe 
et labore, at opera et oleum saepe perditur, nubesque 
pro Iunone captatur, vel enim totus argilla fumante 
aut limo foetente, aut meris silicibus, aut testaceorum 
et coralliorum emortuorum quisquiliis impletur, vel 
saxis praeruptis et latebrosis cautibus implicitus 
horarum interuallo vel in perpetuum omnia experi- 
entis retrahendi inuenta frustrat ; interdum quidem 
vnum et alterum molluscum, helminthicum, aut tes- 
taceum minus notum in dulce laborum lenimen 
reportat.” Miller graphically describes the difficul- 
ties which he encountered in carrying on his work. 
The paucity of animal life on the Scandinavian coasts ; 
the wild and variable climate, ‘“aéris intemperies, 
marisque in sinubus et oris maritimis Norvegiae 
inconstantia adeo praepropera et praepostera, vt aér 
calidissimus vix minutorum interuallo in frigidum, 
tempestas serena in horridam, malacia infida in aestu 
ferventem pelagum haud raro mutetur.”’ Still nothing 
can quell the energy of the enthusiastic old naturalist, 
who looks upon all his hardships as part of the day’s 
work : “ Hanc mutationem saepius.cum vitae periculo 
et sanitatis dispendio expertus sum, nec tamen, 
