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dainty little sea weeds clambering over their rough hides, 

 their bowels invaded with positive multitudes of these 

 delicately-striped and finely-formed mussels, harbouring 

 amid their gelatinous bodies. 



It is getting quite rough as we throw the dredge cnce 

 more to the bottom, and it has just found ground when 

 Philip shouts out, " What is that white thing in the 

 water ?" We can only discern something unusually 

 white a yard or two under the surface of the waves, and 

 half anchored by the dredge, we row round towards it. 

 Overboard goes our anchor, as the only mode of sounding 

 the object, and we then perceive it is a magnificent 

 specimen of a medusa, Rhizostoma, with a glorious 

 purple circlet around the edge. It is too wary, however, 

 to be caught with such a clumsy weapon, so, although we 

 bring it to the surface more than once, it soon discovers 

 our intention, and rapidly descends into the depths. 



Meantime our dredge has got disorganised in the 

 course of our movements, and before we get it into 

 proper position, and once more start on our way, we 

 have thrown ourselves so late that this haul must be our 

 last. Hermit crabs of several kinds ; and why are you 

 fellows without your trousers ? We chuck the largest 

 into a dish, and note that his undefended extremity is 

 tougher than if it had just emerged from a shell, while 

 the claws that enable it to hold on to its habitation are 

 quite in working condition ; so we conclude that it is 

 merely on the look out for a new house, having lately 

 left one on account of being too straitened for room. 

 Bump! why we have been so intent over the tub that the 

 wind has driven us ashore, so we may as well hurry home 

 to dinner. 



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