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upon placing it in an aquarium after re- 

 turning home, it soon became evident that 

 other Annelids besides Serpulse had taken 

 possession of the rock. 



The first intimation of the presence of 

 these worms was a bunch of long, thin, buff- 

 coloured feelers or tentacles, ornamented 

 by a short thick crimson fringe, hanging 

 down from the piece of rock. These feelers 

 were continually in motion, elongating 

 and shortening themselves every instant. 

 And as I examined them through a magni- 

 fying glass, the bunch moved forwards, 

 and in a few moments a salmon-coloured 

 worm had displayed itself, to the length of 

 about an inch and a half. 



Thinking that in all probability the 



Annelid was searching for food, I dropped 



a small piece of meat near the perpetually 



moving tentacles, and in an instant it was 



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