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in number; they may be found adiiGring to stones 

 near low-water mark. We give ^^, ^^^ ^^ 



a figure of one of these, called .^-^^g^^^P^^ 

 the Tufted Chiton {G. fascicu- ^ ^^ 

 laris). This word is from the 

 Ti^iim fasciculus, a little bundle of loaves or flowers, 

 and it refers to the hairy tufts that edge the mantle 

 of this marine slui>'. 



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BARNACLES, 



Or, as they are sometimes called, Bernicles, belong 

 to what naturalists term the class Glrrliopoda, some- 

 times spelled ciniiDeda, whicli appears to be derived 

 from the Latin cirrus — a tuft or lock of hair curled, 

 and jpecle — a foot ; hence the term may be translated 

 hairy-footed. Such of our readers as have seen 

 the Common or Duck Barnacle {Pentalasmis anati- 

 fera) will at once understand the applicability of 

 this term. Many a piece of drift-wood comes to 

 land literally covered with long fleshy stalks, gene- 

 rally of a purplish red colour, twisting and curling 

 in all directions, and terminating in delicate porce- 

 lain-like shells, clear and brittle, of a white colour, 

 just tinged with blue, from between which project/ 

 the many-jointed cirrliij or hair-like tentacles, whicll 



