160 MODERN FA TRY -LAND. 



such collectors of " marine stores " by sidelong glances of affected 

 pity for their weakness. They have been initiated into the mys- 

 teries of the modern fairy-land, and have made the acquaintance 

 of Aphrodita, Eunice, Beroe, and the rest of the sea-nymphs ; 

 and instead of feeling at all ashamed at being seen dabbling 

 amongst the dripping weeds, and groping in the pools and rock- 

 clefts, they only wonder that anybody can still be found indif- 

 ferent to the thousand objects of interest and beauty which there 

 have their home, bearing silent but eloquent testimony to the 

 wisdom and benificence of the great Author of Life. 



