28 Life Beneath the Waves. 



and any other of their companions in cap- 

 tivity which seem good to them, and which 

 are unwary enough to venture within 

 reach of their murderous tentacles. 



It is. perhaps, not generally known that 

 various kinds of worms inhabit the sea, 

 as well as those which live in the earth; 

 and that whilst earth-worms with their 

 dull colours, and wriggling movements are 

 not calculated to inspire interest and ad- 

 miration, most sea-worms, or Annelids as 

 they are properly called, are extremely 

 pretty and attractive objects. 



Some of the most beautiful of this 

 group of the denizens of the sea are those 

 denominated Serpulas, and Sabellae; these 

 worms inhabit tubes, something like the 

 stem of a clay pipe in shape and colour, 

 and more or less bent and twisted. The 



