2 CONCHOLOGIST’S COMPANION. 
sea-weed, and appear like foam upon the billows, and 
lastly in the Nautili of the Sicilian seas, which often 
resemble vessels on the stocks, when calmly reposing 
in the little coves that are formed by the stony, tree- 
like fabrics of innumerable corals. 
The Shell Collector has frequently observed this 
striking similarity on the coasts of the Mediterranean. 
In walking over the island of Cyprus, he was particu- 
larly struck with the number of brilliant Limpets for 
which that classic spot is so much celebrated. A 
considerable number had fixed themselves to branches 
of white coral, where they resembled the delicate 
blossoms of the peach; others, which appeared inlaid 
with mother of pearl, opal, and amethyst, clung to 
the sheltering rocks, as if fearful of being separated 
from them by the agitated waves of the surrounding 
element. The rocks were also gorgeously attired; and 
some of the most conspicuous, streaked with lichens, 
and dotted over with marine plants, appeared nearly 
as beautiful as the adhering shell-fish. 
St. Pierre notices the same striking effect on the 
rocks of the Straits of Magellan. He observed, at 
the base of such as sweep along the sea-coast of the 
district of Caux, a variety of black Periwinkles, 
azure-coloured Lobsters, legions of Muscles of a 
deep cxrulean blue, Oysters mottled with red and 
brown, and Limpets of a sober grey. Each of these 
