348 THE BEAUTIES OF NATURE CHAP. 
filmy red alge, interspersed with Sea-anem- 
ones, — white, creamy, pink, yellow, purple, 
with a coronet of blue beads, and of many 
mixed colours; Sponges, Corallines, Starfish, 
Limpets, Barnacles, and other — shell-fish; 
feathery Zoophytes and Annelides expand their 
pink or white disks, while here and there a 
Crab scuttles across; little Fish or Shrimps 
timidly come out from crevices in the rocks, 
or from among the fronds of the sea-weeds, or 
hastily dart from shelter to shelter; each 
little pool is, in fact, a miniature ocean in 
itself, and the longer one looks the more and 
more one will see. 
The dark green and brown sea-weeds do — 
not live beyond a few—say about 15— 
fathoms in depth. Below them occur delicate 
scarlet species, with Corallines and a different 
set of shells, Sea-urchins, ete. Down to about 
100 fathoms the animals and plants are still 
numerous and varied. But they gradually 
diminish in numbers, and are replaced by new 
forms. 
To appreciate fully the extreme loveliness 
of marine animals they must be seen alive. 
