^4 HANDBOOK OF SEA-WEEDS. 



is extremely wholesome, is to heat it thoroughly with a little 

 strong gravy or broth, adding, before it is served on toast, a 

 small quantity of butter and lemon juice." A species of Nostoc 

 is largely consumed in China as an ingredient in soup. A 

 similar use is made of Enteromorpha intestinalis in Japan. 

 Many species of fish and other animals, turtle included, live upon 

 sea-weed. Fucus vesiculosus is a grateful food for cattle. In 

 Norway, cattle, horses, sheep, and pigs are largely fed upon it, 



Group of Sea-\veeds (chiefly Laminarise). 



and on our own coasts cattle eagerly browse on that and kindred 

 species at low water. In some northern countries, Fucus serratus 

 sprinkled with meal is used as winter fodder. 



All the marine Algae contain iodine; and even before the value 

 of that substance in glandular complaints had been ascertained, 

 stems of a sea-weed were chewed as a remedy by the inhabitants 

 of certain districts of South America where goitre is prevalent. 

 Chondrus crispus and (Gigartina) mamillosa constitute the Irish, 

 moss of commerce, which dissolves into a nutritious and delicate 



