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crustaceans are really the quaint looking Arcturus, with 

 claws at the end of two feet-like antennse ; but whether 

 they chose such a deep quarter to reside in from dread 

 of that 100 fathom rise in the land, or because their 

 attenuated bodies were little affected by depth or conse- 

 quent pressure, we do not mean to decide. Here is a 

 shell of Venus casina so covered with a growth as to be 

 of as brilliant green as a copper salt, and sitting in the 

 middle thereof, turning about its droll head, is a small 

 terebratuld) wondering into what inhospitable world it 

 had been dragged from its home more than TOO fathoms 

 deep. The dredge has meantime been jumping along a 

 rocky bottom at a lesser depth, and when it appears over 

 the gunwale the principal product is a cluster of barnacles. 

 You have all seen our barnacle-covere'd sea coast with 

 the myriad cilise of the owners waving in the water, and 

 no doubt suppose that double or triple the size would be 

 a reasonable increase for a deep water barnacle to reach. 

 But what do you say to them when they would contain 

 as good a dram as the most exacting Highland throat 

 could desire? 



Slowly our nervous system gets settled from the excite- 

 ment of expectant Columbus's, and settles back into the 

 more sober tone of mind represented by gloating over 

 and arranging our garnered riches. And our friend 

 dispenses his treasures with most uncollector-like gener- 

 osity, and we promise to search the deepest pits in 

 fraternal association, and we look forward to a new 

 species of mermaid and a particular variety of sea-serpent ; 

 but alas ! for our wayward clime, the wind blew and the 

 waters rose, and the dredge and its owner have once 

 more changed positions, the latter to labour and the 

 former to play ! But, perhaps, it is scarcely to be called 



