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A HISTORY OF TESTACEOUS FISHES. 



Poitou, in France ; it is found also upon some 

 of the coasts of Scotland: and, in general, is 



8 Must of these animals contain a phosphorescent fluid, 

 of great splendour and brilliancy in the dark, and which 

 illuminates whatever it touches, or happens to fall upon. 

 They are generally on rocky shores, with a bed of sand, 



considered as a very great delicacy at the 

 tables of the luxurious.* 



just below high water mark, with their heads a little lifted 

 above the surface, by which they may be easily drawn 

 from their holes. 



