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Somewhat like the latter is the case of the Pipe-fishes, 

 among which it is the male that acts as wet-nurse. 

 Along his belly runs a groove, formed by two flaps of 

 skin, within which the eggs, when laid by the female, 

 are placed, and in which they are safely carried till the 

 birth of the infant fry. 



How wondrously diversified are the modes ordained 

 by the Divine Wisdom for maintaining the economy 

 of creation ! What a depth is there in that revelation 

 concerning the everlasting Son, "in whom we have 

 redemption," that "all things were created by Him, 

 and for Him, and He is before all things, and by Him 

 all tilings hold togetlwr (crtWoTTjtfe)." 1 



I have taken in similar circumstances a little fish 

 which is considered very rare on our shores, the Butter- 

 fly Blenny. 2 The Mediterranean coasts of Europe are 

 its proper home, where it resorts to the tufts of weeds, 

 feeding on minute Crustacea and Mollusca. Yarrell 

 cites three examples as having been obtained by dredg - 

 ing off South Devon, and one from which his own 

 figure was taken, which was obtained among the rocks 

 of Portland. As he alludes to no other British examples, 

 he probably knew of no more. Mr. E. Q. Couch, in his 

 Notes on the Fishes of the Land's End, says, " A single 



1 Col. i. 16, 17. 



s Blennius ocdlaris : it is the principal figure in Plate xxrv. 



