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VII. 



THE INFLUENCE OF ANIMAL LIFE 

 ON LIME. 



MY DEAR FRIENDS, 



I propose in this lecture to talk to you a little 

 on those sea-flowers, which, on a calm sunny- 

 day, you have seen floating about, expanding 

 their beautiful colours, and unfolding their liv- 

 ing petals to entrap their food. I propose also 

 to notice sponges, corallines, and other marine 

 productions, and to point out to you the use 

 which Divine Wisdom intended they should be 

 of to you fishermen when He created them. 

 You may ask, How can these apparently almost 

 inanimate substances be of use to us? I 

 will endeavour to explain this as intelligibly 

 and plainly as I can, but at the same time ex- 

 pressing my belief that without them your occu- 

 pation as fishermen would be a useless one 



