84 LUNDY ISLAND. 



densely with zoophytes of the genera Sertularia, 

 Plumularia, &c., sponges, and sea-weeds. Some 

 curious forms inhabiting the deep sea are occasionally 

 in this manner presented to the observant inquirer, 

 which he would otherwise obtain only by means of the 

 dredge. 



The course of our examination of the successive 

 lobster-pots had by this time brought us to the north- 

 east point of the island. All the buoys had not yet 

 "watched;" but there was here a tremendous sea 

 running, and the swell kept setting us on the rocks so 

 fast, that not only we landsmen, but even the fisher- 

 men, began to doubt the prudence of remaining in a 

 situation so exposed any longer. Add to this, that 

 heavy thunder-showers had already drenched us to the 

 skin ; we were thoroughly cold, and our limbs were 

 cramped from sitting for hours in the stern-sheets of 

 the narrow boat. It was, therefore, not without inward 

 satisfaction that we heard our friend Tom decide to 

 give up the remaining pots, and make the best of our 

 way into smoother water. 



