Life Beneath the Waves. 9 



are far more numerous than the corrobora- 

 tions thereof. 



The plea of lack of opportunity for ac- 

 quiring information respecting the in- 

 habitants of the sea, can, however, no longer 

 be as justly brought forward as hitherto, 

 for the construction of a magnificent public 

 Aquarium in the fashionable town of 

 Brighton, effectually fills the gap so long 

 left vacant, and supplies the opportunity 

 so long left wanting, both for scientific and 

 unscientific persons to render themselves 

 acquainted, not only with the outward 

 forms of the inhabitants of the ocean, but 

 also for studying at leisure the various 

 " manners and customs " of the same. For 

 the object of the Brighton Aquarium is 

 not merely to please the eye, and enable 

 fashionable visitors to while away time 

 in a novel and agreeable manner ; it is 



